Aussems, Suzanne and Kita, Sotaro (2017) Seeing iconic gestures while encoding events facilitates children's memory of these events. Child Development . doi:10.1111/cdev.12988 (In Press)

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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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	Child Development
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:	0009-3920
Official Date:	8 November 2017
Dates:	Date Event 8 November 2017 Available 15 September 2017 Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit:	11 October 2017
DOI:	10.1111/cdev.12988
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	In Press
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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