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

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  • Author(s): Aussems, Suzanne; Kita, Sotaro
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Child Development. Jul-Aug 2019 90(4):1123-1137.
  • Publication Date:
    2019
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      15
    • Subject Terms:
      Memory; Nonverbal Communication; Cognitive Processes; Young Children; Motion; Video Technology; Recognition (Psychology); Human Body; Visual Perception
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/cdev.12988
    • ISSN:
      0009-3920
    • 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.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2019
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1222029