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ERIC Number: EJ827765
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Oct
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1524-8372
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Holding in Mind Conflicting Information: Pretending, Working Memory, and Executive Control
Albertson, Kathleen; Shore, Cecilia
Journal of Cognition and Development, v9 n4 p390-410 Oct 2008
Preschoolers' recall of the true and pretend identities of an object in pretense was examined along with a battery of executive functioning and working memory tasks. We expected that children would retain separate identities, as well as a link between them, after observing episodes of pretense, and that memory for pretense would be related to executive functioning and working memory. Children (aged 37-59 months) recalled the true identity of an object better than its pretend identity. Children's recall of at least one identity was correlated with executive functioning and "dual" working memory tasks, independent of age and verbal ability. Memory for both identities was only correlated with executive functioning. The findings are generally supportive of the claim that children form separate representations of the true and pretend identities of objects. The results extend findings of well-established relations between false belief tasks and executive functioning and working memory. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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