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Children gradually construct spatial representations of temporal events
Child Development ( IF 5.661 ) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 , DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13780
Katharine A Tillman 1 , Eren Fukuda 2 , David Barner 3, 4
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English-speaking adults often recruit a “mental timeline” to represent events from left-to-right (LR), but its developmental origins are debated. Here, we test whether preschoolers prefer ordered linear representations of events and whether they prefer culturally conventional directions. English-speaking adults (n = 85) and 3- to 5-year-olds (n = 513; 50% female; ~47% white, ~35% Latinx, ~18% other; tested 2016–2018) were told three-step stories and asked to choose which of two image sequences best illustrated them. We found that 3- and 4-year-olds chose ordered over unordered sequences, but preferences between directions did not emerge until at least age 5. Together, these results show that children conceptualize time linearly early in development but gradually acquire directional preferences (e.g., for LR).

中文翻译:

孩子们逐渐构建时间事件的空间表征

说英语的成年人经常使用“心理时间线”来代表从左到右 (LR) 的事件,但它的发展起源存在争议。在这里,我们测试学龄前儿童是否更喜欢事件的有序线性表示,以及他们是否更喜欢文化传统的方向。说英语的成年人 ( n  = 85) 和 3 至 5 岁的儿童 ( n = 513; 50% 女性;~47% 白人,~35% 拉丁裔,~18% 其他;2016-2018 年测试)被告知三个步骤的故事,并要求选择两个图像序列中的哪一个最能说明它们。我们发现 3 岁和 4 岁的孩子选择有序而不是无序的序列,但方向之间的偏好至少要到 5 岁才会出现。这些结果表明,儿童在发育早期线性概念化时间,但逐渐获得方向偏好(例如, 对于 LR)。
更新日期:2022-05-13
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