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Direct linkGelman, Susan A.; Raman, Lakshmi – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Generic noun phrases ("Birds lay eggs") are important for expressing knowledge about abstract kinds. The authors hypothesized that genericity would be part of gist memory, such that young children would appropriately recall whether sentences were presented as generic or specific. In 4 experiments, preschoolers and college students (N = 280) heard…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Sentences, Long Term Memory, Nouns
