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Wiese, Holger; Komes, Jessica; Tüttenberg, Simone; Leidinger, Jana; Schweinberger, Stefan R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
Difficulties in person recognition are among the common complaints associated with cognitive ageing. The present series of experiments therefore investigated face and person recognition in young and older adults. The authors examined how within-domain and cross-domain repetition as well as semantic priming affect familiar face recognition and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Young Adults, Older Adults, Cognitive Ability
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Dittmar, Miriam; Abbot-Smith, Kirsten; Lieven, Elena; Tomasello, Michael – Cognitive Science, 2014
Many studies show a developmental advantage for transitive sentences with familiar verbs over those with novel verbs. It might be that once familiar verbs become entrenched in particular constructions, they would be more difficult to understand (than would novel verbs) in non-prototypical constructions. We provide support for this hypothesis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Familiarity, Verbs, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Ebersbach, Mirjam; Luwel, Koen; Verschaffel, Lieven – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2015
Children's estimation skills on a bounded and unbounded number line task were assessed in the light of their familiarity with numbers. Kindergartners, first graders, and second graders (N = 120) estimated the position of numbers on a 1--100 number line, marked with either two reference points (i.e., 1 and 10: unbounded condition) or three…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Familiarity, Numeracy
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Kartner, Joscha; Keller, Heidi; Chaudhary, Nandita; Yovsi, Relindis D. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2012
The overarching goal of the present study was to trace the development of mirror self-recognition (MSR), as an index of toddlers' sense of themselves and others as autonomous intentional agents, in different sociocultural environments. A total of 276 toddlers participated in the present study. Toddlers were either 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, or 21 months…
Descriptors: Recognition (Psychology), Toddlers, Self Concept, Personal Autonomy
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Sharma, Bishnu; Harker, Michael; Harker, Debra; Reinhard, Karin – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
The transition from living at home to living independently has been characterised as a time of stress, and there is evidence to suggest that this transition from youth to young adulthood influences food choice. The current study explores this phenomenon and compares 18-24-year-old university students' motivation for food choice in Australia and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Nutrition, Familiarity, Motivation
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Moll, Henrike; Koring, Cornelia; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2006
In the studies presented here, infants' understanding of others' attention was assessed when gaze direction cues were not diagnostic. Fourteen-, 18- and 24-month-olds witnessed an adult look to the side of an object and express excitement. In 1 experimental condition this object was new for the adult because she was not present while the child and…
Descriptors: Infants, Comprehension, Attention, Adults