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Redshaw, Jonathan; Vandersee, Johanna; Bulley, Adam; Gilbert, Sam J. – Child Development, 2018
This study explored under what conditions young children would set reminders to aid their memory for delayed intentions. A computerized task requiring participants to carry out delayed intentions under varying levels of cognitive load was presented to 63 children (aged between 6.9 and 13.0 years old). Children of all ages demonstrated…
Descriptors: Cues, Memory, Intention, Prompting
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Pearson, Deborah A.; Lane, David M. – Child Development, 1990
Children of 8 and 11 years and college students were tested for reorientation of visual attention to a target following a cue. The first, but not the second, experiment showed an interaction between distance of target from fixation and stimulus onset asynchrony. The second experiment suggested children can orient attention through valid, neutral,…
Descriptors: Children, College Students, Cues, Developmental Continuity
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Capelli, Carol A.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Two experiments compared the abilities of third and sixth graders and adults to recognize sarcasm given context and intonation cues. Children recognized sarcasm only when given a speaker's sarcastic intonation cue, even when context strongly indicated a nonliteral interpretation. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students