The Korean Journal of Human Development

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An Exploration of the Effects of Executive Function on Children’s Recognition Memory and Source Memory

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Lee Seungjin
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pp. 29~47 / 2016 Vol.23 No.3
e-ISSN2982-6845
p-ISSN1226-4474
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Abstract

The present study seeks to examine children's age-dependent memory ability by evaluating recognitionmemory and source memory. Furthermore, this study also attempts to identify the role of executivefunction in the formation of early episodic memory in children. Four- to six-year-old children werepresented with a variety of factual information from different sources (e.g., experimenter or doll). Then, weevaluated the children's recognition memory (the facts they learned) and source memory (the path throughwhich they learned the information). Executive function was evaluated using the well known workingmemory, inhibitory control, and set shifting tasks. The findings indicated that children showed relativelybetter recognition memory and source memory with increasing age. Moreover, there was a significantcorrelation between executive functions and children's source memory even when children's age andreceptive language ability was controlled. Based on these findings, we discussed the relationship betweenthe formation of early episodic memory in children and executive function as well as the need for followup studies.

Keywords

source memory executive functioning recognition memory episodic memory receptive language ability

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