Preschoolers fast map and retain artifact functions as efficiently as artifact names but artifact actions are the most easily learnt
(2018)
Journal Article
Holland, A., Hyde, G., Riggs, K., & Simpson, A. (2018). Preschoolers fast map and retain artifact functions as efficiently as artifact names but artifact actions are the most easily learnt. Journal of experimental child psychology, 170, 57-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.12.013
To become skilled artifact users, children must learn the actions and functions associated with artifacts. We
investigated preschoolers’ ability to fast-map an action, function and name associated with a novel artifact and retain
the new mapping lo...
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