Genetic Aspects of Verbal Mediation in Memory.

Alegria, Jesus; Pignot, Elisabeth

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Publication Date: 1979-Mar

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Genetic Aspects of Verbal Mediation in Memory.

Alegria, Jesus; Pignot, Elisabeth

Child Development, v50 n1 p235-38 Mar 1979

Experiment 1 showed that four-year-old children memorized a list of non-rhyming items better than a list of rhyming ones. In Experiment 2, bilingual children learned a list of items which had rhyming names in one language and non-rhyming names in the other. Results showed better performance on the non-rhyming items. (JMB)

Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Mediation Theory, Memory, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Recall (Psychology), Verbal Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Belgium

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