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Numeric Memory: Developing Representations

Marciani, Francesca
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365697597

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2013, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Whether for letters or numbers, memory span increases dramatically from age 2 to young adulthood. The cognitive mechanisms underlying this age-related change are still somewhat uncertain. With emphasis on the Fuzzy Trace Theory (FTT) and the representational change account of numerical cognition, the present study introduced a single number recall task in which 39 preschool-aged children were asked to remember a quantity between 0 and 20 following a brief distractor task. Emphasizing accuracy of single number recall, results revealed support for the hypothesis that the link between children’s linear numeric magnitude representations and single number recall is confounded neither by age nor by memory span. Somewhat surprisingly, a number of “non-mapping” children failed to map non-symbolic and symbolic quantities on 3 numeric tasks (i.e., give-a-number task, number line estimation task, counting task). However, among children who successfully mapped symbolic numbers to non-symbolic quantities, linearity of children’s numeric magnitude representations uniquely predicted memory for single numbers. I discuss implications of the findings in light of previous research and suggest directions for future research in areas of arithmetic development and number-based decision-making.
John Opfer (Committee Chair)
Stephen Petrill (Committee Member)
Robert Cudeck (Committee Member)
67 p.
Cognitive Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology
numeric memory; memory for numbers; number recall; representational change account; fuzzy trace theory; preschool; numerical cognition

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  • Marciani, F. (2013). Numeric Memory: Developing Representations [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365697597

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Marciani, Francesca. Numeric Memory: Developing Representations. 2013. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365697597.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Marciani, Francesca. "Numeric Memory: Developing Representations." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365697597

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