Four-year-olds showed no benefit of transparent goal cues in either visual or finger tracking conditions¶
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q3 i? In 4-year-olds the cue effect was never significant in either tracking condition, and the Cue × Tracking interaction was not significant. → Fitamen 2019
Evidence¶
Fitamen 2019¶
Fitamen, C., Blaye, A. & Camos, V. (2019). Five-year-old children's working memory can be improved when children act on a transparent goal cue. Scientific Reports 9:15342. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51869-4
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ANCOVAs in the 4-year-old group of the same experiment found no significant cue effect in either tracking condition; no effect size indicating a benefit was reported, so the null is reported as a non-significant test, not as equivalence.
"In 4-year-olds, the cue effect was never significant, F < 1 in the visual-tracking condition and F(1,36) = 1.34, p = 0.26, ηp2 = 0.04, in the finger-tracking condition."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- In 5-year-olds the transparent-cue benefit appears only with finger tracking, producing a significant Cue × Tracking interaction — related
- Five-year-olds recall more words in a Brown-Peterson task when they finger-track a transparent goal cue during the retention interval — related
- Cue type, tracking mode, and age produced a significant three-way interaction on preschoolers' recall performance — a broader claim this one bears on
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Four-year-olds showed no benefit of transparent goal cues in either visual or finger tracking conditions |
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Four-year-olds showed no benefit of transparent goal cues in either visual or finger tracking conditions |
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