Children Boost Their Cognitive Performance with a Novel Offloading Technique
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| Title: | Children Boost Their Cognitive Performance with a Novel Offloading Technique |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Armitage, Kristy L. (ORCID |
| Source: | Child Development. Jan-Feb 2022 93(1):25-38. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Children, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Maps, Spatial Ability, Age Differences, Individual Differences |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.13664 |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
| Abstract: | Ninety-seven children aged 4-11 (49 males, 48 females, mostly White) were given the opportunity to improve their problem-solving performance by devising and implementing a novel cognitive offloading strategy. Across two phases, they searched for hidden rewards using maps that were either aligned or misaligned with the search space. In the second phase, maps were presented on rotatable turntables, thus allowing children to manually align all maps and alleviate mental rotation demand. From age six onwards, children showed strong evidence of both mentally rotating misaligned maps in phase 1 and manually aligning them in phase 2. Older children used this form of cognitive offloading more frequently, which substantially improved performance and eliminated the individual differences observed in phase 1. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Notes: | https://osf.io/485ka |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1327043 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Ninety-seven children aged 4-11 (49 males, 48 females, mostly White) were given the opportunity to improve their problem-solving performance by devising and implementing a novel cognitive offloading strategy. Across two phases, they searched for hidden rewards using maps that were either aligned or misaligned with the search space. In the second phase, maps were presented on rotatable turntables, thus allowing children to manually align all maps and alleviate mental rotation demand. From age six onwards, children showed strong evidence of both mentally rotating misaligned maps in phase 1 and manually aligning them in phase 2. Older children used this form of cognitive offloading more frequently, which substantially improved performance and eliminated the individual differences observed in phase 1. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.13664 |
