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Direct linkBreyel, Sabine; Pauen, Sabina – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
The current study examined children's spontaneous private speech during the vertical and the horizontal Tube Task to shed light on the cognitive, motivational, and emotional processes underlying tool innovation. Tool innovation is defined as solving a novel problem by using or modifying objects in a new and useful way without prior instructions.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response
Pauen, Sabina; Bechtel-Kuehne, Sabrina – Child Development, 2016
This report investigates tool learning and its relations to executive functions (EFs) in toddlers. In Study 1 (N = 93), 18-, 20-, 22-, and 24-month-old children learned equally well to choose a correct tool from observation, whereas performance based on feedback improved with age. Knowledge transfer showed significant progress after 22 months of…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Toddlers, Observation, Feedback (Response)
