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González-Peña P, Coventry KR, Bayliss AP, et al. The extended development of mapping spatial demonstratives onto space. J Exp Child Psychol. 2021;215:105336doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336.
González-Peña, P., Coventry, K. R., Bayliss, A. P., & Doherty, M. J. (2021). The extended development of mapping spatial demonstratives onto space. Journal of experimental child psychology, 215105336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336
González-Peña, Patricia, et al. "The extended development of mapping spatial demonstratives onto space." Journal of experimental child psychology vol. 215 (2021): 105336. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336
González-Peña P, Coventry KR, Bayliss AP, Doherty MJ. The extended development of mapping spatial demonstratives onto space. J Exp Child Psychol. 2021 Dec 11;215:105336. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336. Epub 2021 Dec 11. PMID: 34906765.
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J Exp Child Psychol. 2021 Dec 11;215:105336. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336. Epub 2021 Dec 11.

The extended development of mapping spatial demonstratives onto space.

Journal of experimental child psychology

Patricia González-Peña, Kenny R Coventry, Andrew P Bayliss, Martin J Doherty

Affiliations

  1. School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
  2. School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34906765 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336

Abstract

Spatial demonstratives (this and that in English) convey distance relative to speaker (within reach vs. out of reach) and object characteristics such as ownership. Previous studies indicate that object characteristics affect adult demonstrative choice, for example, greater use of this for owned objects. Here, production of spatial demonstratives was studied developmentally to identify when demonstrative production is sensitive to both distance and ownership. In two experiments, 7-year-olds, 11-year-olds, and adults completed an object location memory task, and a language task eliciting this or that to indicate an object. Results indicate that adult-like demonstrative production starts around 7 years of age and continues to develop beyond 11 years. Nonlinguistic spatial memory did not vary significantly across age groups. Spatial demonstratives encode both semantic and spatial object characteristics throughout development, revealing the fundamental importance of semantic factors for demonstrative production.

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Keywords: Language development; Object knowledge; Ownership; Spatial demonstratives; Spatial memory; Spatial representation

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