Seeing Iconic Gestures While Encoding Events Facilitates Children's Memory of These Events

Autor/inn/en	Aussems, Suzanne; Kita, Sotaro
Titel	Seeing Iconic Gestures While Encoding Events Facilitates Children's Memory of These Events
Quelle	In: Child Development, 90 (2019) 4, S.1123-1137 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12988
Schlagwörter	Memory; Nonverbal Communication; Cognitive Processes; Young Children; Motion; Video Technology; Recognition (Psychology); Human Body; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Frühe Kindheit; Bewegungsablauf; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Menschlicher Körper; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	An experiment with 72 three-year-olds investigated whether encoding events while seeing iconic gestures boosts children's memory representation of these events. The events, shown in videos of actors moving in an unusual manner, were presented with either iconic gestures depicting how the actors performed these actions, interactive gestures, or no gesture. In a recognition memory task, children in the iconic gesture condition remembered actors and actions better than children in the control conditions. Iconic gestures were categorized based on how much of the actors was represented by the hands (feet, legs, or body). Only iconic hand-as-body gestures boosted actor memory. Thus, seeing iconic gestures while encoding events facilitates children's memory of those aspects of events that are schematically highlighted by gesture. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01