ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B

›› 2001, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (04): 67-74.

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ENCODING OF OBJECT LOCATIONS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Tian Xuehong 1,2 \ Fang Ge 2\ Fang Fuxi 2 ( 1 Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004) ( 2 Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Beijing 100101)   

  • Published:2001-08-25 Online:2001-08-25

Abstract: This study used an improved paradigm of object searching to examine 7 , 9 , and 11 year old primary school children′s ability in encoding target locations. The performance of the 9 and 11 year olds were significantly higher than that of the 7 year olds. For the 7 year olds, the performance in locating two landmarks was significantly better than that of encoding three locations. This task effect was absent from the two older groups. For all age groups, encoding performance was better under the cued condition.

Key words: primary school children, coding of object location, cues of encoding