Allen, Melissa and Mattock, Karen and Silva, Macarena (2013) Symbolic understanding of pictures and written words share a common source. Journal of Cognition and Culture. (In Press)
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Here we examine the hypothesis that symbolic understanding across domains is mediated by a fundamental ‘symbolizing’ ability in young children. We tested 30 children aged 2-4 years on symbolic tasks assessing iconic and non-iconic word-referent and picture-referent understanding and administered standardised tests of symbolic play and receptive language. Children showed understanding of the symbol-referent relation earlier for pictures than written words, and performance within domains was correlated and, importantly, predicted by a marker of general symbolic ability (e.g. pretend play). Performance on picture and written word tasks was also unrelated to language comprehension. Thus, symbolic abilities in specific domains are underpinned by a general symbolizing ability which arises early in development.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Cognition and Culture |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Psychology |
| ID Code: | 56396 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 26 Jul 2012 20:48 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | In Press |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 20:48 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/56396 |
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