児童・幼児の画像的記憶・聴覚的記憶の自由再生に及ぼすオフ時間効果

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Two experiment examined effects of off-time (OTE) on free recall performance in pictorial and auditory memory in Kindergarten children (three, four and five years of age) and children aged six and seven. In Experiment 1, performance in pictorial memory was superior to the auditory one. The five year-old-children's performance was superior to the four-year-old, while the four-year-old children showed a superior performance to the three year old. There were significant OTEs in both pictorial and auditory memory at the three age levels. There was a significant OTE only in the four-year-old's auditory memory. There were significant serial position effects (SPE) on both pictorial and auditory in all age conditions. In Experiment 2, performance in pictorial memory was superior to the auditory. There were significant OTEs and SPEs in both pictorial and auditory in all age conditions for the six and seven year-old children. Significant effects in pictorial and auditory were seen recently; though significant primary effects were noticed in pictorial memory only.