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8167976

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
Six-year-old children were presented with 12 identically labelled locations in a room and required to search non-redundantly for the six that contained rewards. On each day they could commit Across-Trial Memory (ATM) errors by visiting non-rewarded locations, or Within-Trial Memory (WTM) errors by revisiting locations previously visited that day. Groups were trained for nine days, either walking or pushed in a wheelchair, and with or without freedom of choice. They were then tested, walking with freedom of choice. Performance of the task improved significantly across training days in groups allowed free choice, whether walking or transported, and was superior at test to that of non-choosing groups. Throughout training and testing, the ATM component of performance was superior in groups allowed free choice. WTM was more accurate than would be expected by chance in all subjects at all stages of the experiment, but did not differ between groups. The problem of comparing WTM scores in groups differing in ATM accuracy was discussed. It was concluded that the primary benefit of free choice in spatial memory tasks is that it promotes accurate environmental segmentation, and that WTM is little affected by training or environmental familiarity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0007-1269
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85 ( Pt 1)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Choice autonomy and memory for spatial locations in six-year-old children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article