How do biases in spatial memory change as children and adults are learning locations?

Kara M Recker; Jodie M Plumert; Alycia M Hund; Rachel Reimer

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2007.05.005

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How do biases in spatial memory change as children and adults are learning locations?

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How do biases in spatial memory change as children and adults are learning locations?

Kara M Recker, Jodie M Plumert, Alycia M Hund and Rachel Reimer

Journal of experimental child psychology, Vol.98(4), pp.217-232

2007

DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.05.005

PMCID: PMC3942252

PMID: 17624365

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Abstract

This investigation tracked changes in categorical bias (i.e., placing objects belonging to the same spatial group closer together than they really are) while 7-, 9-, and 11-year-olds and adults were learning a set of locations. Participants learned the locations of 20 objects marked by dots on the floor of an open square box divided into quadrants. At test, participants attempted to place the objects in the correct locations without the dots and boundaries. In Experiment 1, we probed categorical bias during learning by alternating learning and test trials. Categorical bias was high during the first test trial and decreased over the second and third test trials. In Experiment 2, we manipulated opportunities for learning by providing participants with either one, two, three, or four learning trials prior to test. Participants who experienced one or two learning trials exhibited more bias at test than did those who experienced four learning trials. The discussion focuses on how categorical bias emerges through interactions between the cognitive system and task structure.

Category learning

Cognitive development

Spatial cognition

Spatial memory

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Title: Subtitle: How do biases in spatial memory change as children and adults are learning locations?
Creators: Kara M Recker - Department of Psychology, 11 SSH East, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Jodie M Plumert - Department of Psychology, 11 SSH East, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Alycia M Hund - Department of Psychology, Campus Box 4620, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA
Rachel Reimer - Department of Psychology, W112 Lagomarcino Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of experimental child psychology, Vol.98(4), pp.217-232
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.05.005
PMID: 17624365
PMCID: PMC3942252
NLM abbreviation: J Exp Child Psychol
ISSN: 0022-0965
eISSN: 1096-0457
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Language: English
Date published: 2007
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984213395902771

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