Cultural Influences on the Development of Children's Memory and Cognition

Qi, Hongyuan; Roberts, Kim P.

doi:10.1016/bs.acdb.2018.11.005

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“…The purpose of the present review was to explore whether interparental conflict negatively affects children's performance in content-and modality-unrelated memory tasks, specifically the effect of verbal conflict on children's nonverbal memory of content unrelated to the conflict. In short, earlier research provides credence to the idea that kids who experience negative interparental conflict at home grow emotionally insecure, which, after being experimentally stimulated by simulated conflicts, may affect how well they remember things [15].…”

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Influencing Factors of Memory Development among Children

Zhang

2023

LNEP

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The brain encodes, stores, and then retrieves information about objective things through the cognitive process of memory. Childrens cognitive development includes memory development, which has an impact on their day-to-day activities, interpersonal interactions, and academic performance. Therefore, it's crucial to pay attention to how childrens memories grow. The current article focused more on racial and socioeconomic issues, as well as the environmental factors of education, parenting styles, interparental conflict, and culture. The biological variables, like genetic factors, that affect how effectively childrens memories grow have been discussed further in previous articles. Additionally, the current review discussed some individual differences like the connection among stress, exercise, and the growth of childrens memory, which had previously received little attention. The article also highlights some inspirations that were provided by these influential circumstances such as create a good family environment school environment, a harmonious parent-child relationship and close teacher-student relationship for children. The present article also put forward some advice with an innovative perspective like exercise more and received proper stress.

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Section: Interparental Conflict and Children's Memory Performancementioning

confidence: 75%

Influencing Factors of Memory Development among Children

Zhang

2023

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“…New skills emerge over varied time courses in infants, influenced by culture (Adolph et al., 2010; Hopkins & Westra, 1988; Qi & Roberts, 2019), body dimensions (Adolph et al., 2003; Newell & Wade, 2018), environment (Hayiou‐Thomas, 2008; Hospodar et al., 2021), practice time (Adolph et al., 2012; Hospodar et al., 2021; Libertus et al., 2016) and personality/psychological traits (Atun‐Einy et al., 2013; Spinelli et al., 2018). The emergence of a milestone skill marks the convergence of many dynamic components developing at asynchronous rates.…”

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Unweighting infants reveals hidden motor skills

Kornafel

Paremski

Prosser

2022

Developmental Science

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We investigated the role of rate limiting factors in development using walking as a model system. The achievement of bipedal posture and locomotion are among the most significant achievements in an infant's first year, with poor balance and weak muscles long proposed as the rate limiting factors. Compensating for either may reveal upright motor skill that has not yet emerged in the infant's natural repertoire. To probe this question, we unweighted prewalking infants and measured their performance in various standing and walking behaviors while unweighted compared to baseline. Our secondary objective was to determine if the influence of unweighting was related to infants’ locomotor experience. Infants stood unsupported for longer durations with 20% or 40% unweighting. Infants took more independent steps and more steps with one hand held with 40% unweighting. No differences in transition to/from standing were observed. Locomotor experience was related to the influence of unweighting during cruising and walking with a push toy. This is the first report of more advanced motor skills—longer periods of unsupported standing and the emergence of independent walking—revealed by unweighting infants. We interpret our observations to suggest that the refinement of motor control needed to support bipedal posture and locomotion precedes the functional emergence of these skills in infants. In other words, the musculoskeletal components required for walking are slower to develop than the neurological factors – and consequently may be the rate limiters. We further suggest that training regimens including unweighting should be explored in infants with motor delays.

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“…Prior research on the relationship between culture and memory has focused on autobiographical memory (e.g., Peterson et al, 2009). However, examining autobiographical memories makes it difficult for researchers to know (1) whether culture affects memory accuracy and (2) at what stage of remembering culture exerts its effects (Qi & Roberts, 2019). To address these gaps in the literature, the present research systematically assessed the extent to which children’s cultural backgrounds influenced their accuracy at immediate and delayed retrieval.…”

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“…To complement this body of research, it is also important to examine the accuracy of children’s memory reports. This could have significant implications in applied settings that demand children to provide accurate accounts of their experiences (e.g., classroom, forensic and investigative interviews) (Klemfuss & Wang, 2017; Qi & Roberts, 2019). However, it is challenging for researchers to measure what exactly happened in autobiographical events, which precludes them from objectively evaluating memory accuracy.…”

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The influence of culture on children’s immediate and delayed retrieval

Roberts

2021

British J of Dev Psycho

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Culture shapes children’s memories. However, scant attention has been given to the influence of culture on specific memory stages. Thus, we conducted two controlled experiments to examine cultural differences in memory recall at immediate and delayed retrieval phases. In Studies 1 and 2 (n = 217), 7‐ to 10‐year‐old Chinese and Euro‐Canadian children watched a story involving both social‐ and individual‐focused scenarios. Participants then recalled the story immediately afterwards (Study 1) and 5–7 days later (Studies 1 and 2). Findings reveal that Chinese children accurately reported more details from the social‐focused events than did their Euro‐Canadian counterparts in the immediate interview, and this result was replicated after a delay in both studies. Moreover, as expected, within‐country comparisons showed that Euro‐Canadian children had better memory for individual‐ than for social‐focused events in both studies. Chinese children, however, showed better memory for social‐ than for individual‐focused events only in the immediate interview in Study 1; their delayed retrieval was not affected by event focus. These findings reveal that cultural variations in memory are evident in both immediate and delayed retrieval. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Cultural Influences on the Development of Children's Memory and Cognition

Cited by 6 publications

References 138 publications

Influencing Factors of Memory Development among Children

Influencing Factors of Memory Development among Children

Unweighting infants reveals hidden motor skills

The influence of culture on children’s immediate and delayed retrieval

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