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The Magic Shrinking Machine Revisited: The Presence of Props at Recall Facilitates Memory in 3-Year-Olds
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Dahl, Jonna J.; Kingo, Osman S.; Krøjgaard, Peter – Developmental Psychology, 2015
In a seminal study Simcock and Hayne (2002) showed that 3-year-olds were unable to use newly acquired words to describe a "magic" event experienced 6 or 12 months earlier. In the reference study the children's verbal recall was tested without props being present. Inspired by recent evidence, the original design was replicated, testing…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Memory, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition