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ERIC Number: EJ336382
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Effects of Word Length on Memory for Pictures: Evidence for Speech Coding in Young Children.
Hulme, Charles; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v41 n1 p61-75 Feb 1986
Three experiments demonstrate that children four to ten years old, when presented with a series recall task with pictures of common objects having short or long names, showed consistently better recall of pictures with short names. (HOD)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Memorization, Memory, Pictorial Stimuli, Recall (Psychology), Verbal Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Verbal Coding; Word Length