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Enhanced recognition and recall of new words in 7- and 12-year-olds following a period of offline consolidation

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Brown, Helen, Weighall, Anna, Henderson, Lisa M., Gareth Gaskell, M.·2012·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.11.010
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Recent studies of adults have found evidence for consolidation effects in the acquisition of novel words, but little is known about whether such effects are found developmentally. In two experiments, we familiarized children with novel nonwords (e.g., biscal) and tested their recognition and recall of these items. In Experiment 1, 7-year-olds were then retested on either the same day or the following day to examine changes in performance after a short delay compared with a longer delay that included sleep. Experiment 2 used two age groups (7- and 12-year-olds), with all participants being retested 24h later. The 12-year-olds accurately recognized the novel nonwords immediately after exposure, as did the 7-year-olds in Experiment 2 (but not in Experiment 1), suggesting generally good initial rates of learning. Experiment 1 revealed improved recognition of the novel nonwords after both short (3- to 4-h) and longer (24-h) delays. In contrast, recall was initially poor but showed improvements only when children were retested 24h later, not after a 3- to 4-h delay. Similar improvements were observed in both age groups despite better overall performance in 12-year-olds. We argue that children, like adults, exhibit offline consolidation effects on the formation of novel phonological representations.

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  • Several other studies demonstrated profits from sleep in children aged 7-14 for word memories and integration of novel words into lexical knowledge.

    “Similarly, several other studies demonstrated profits from sleep in children between 7 and 14 years of age for word memories as well as for the integration of novel words into lexical knowledge (141, 530, 945).”

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    The General Discussion reports improved recall of novel words after a 24-hour interval that included sleep, but says the study cannot rule out elapsed time rather than sleep as the cause. It also reports lexical competition immediately after learning, with no apparent increase after offline consolidation. Thus this paper supports improved word recall, but not a demonstrated sleep benefit for integrating novel words into lexical knowledge. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • In 7- and 12-year-old children, memory for novel words profited from an off-line consolidation interval involving sleep.

    “Similarly, in 7-and 12-yr-old children, memory for novel words profited from an off-line consolidation interval involving sleep (141).”

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Authors
Brown, H., Weighall, A., Henderson, L. M., & Gareth Gaskell, M.
Affiliations
  • University of York (GB)
  • Sheffield Hallam University (GB)
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Venue
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-05
Volume
112
Issue
1
Pages
56-72
ISSN
0022-0965 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jecp.2011.11.010
OpenAlex
W2054661097
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9.67
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) (acceptedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
  • SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Leverhulme Trust (F/00 224/ AO)
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ES/E015263/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
offline consolidation, sleep-dependent memory consolidation, novel word learning, nonword recognition, phonological representation, child language acquisition, developmental differences, memory delay
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Child, Female, Humans, Language Development, Learning, Male, Mental Recall, Reinforcement, Psychology, Time Factors, Vocabulary, Recognition, Psychology

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