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September 10, 2025British Journal of Developmental Psychology0 citations

Impact of Context on Memory for Category-Relevant and Irrelevant Facts in Children

Effects of context on different kinds of fact learning

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NTNicholas TippenhauerMSMegan M. Saylor

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Experiment reveals context influences memory recall differently for category-relevant facts and children's learning.

Key Points

  • Context affected memory for category-relevant facts, showing a significant effect after a delay.
  • No significant context effect was found for category-irrelevant facts immediately or after a delay.
  • Children aged 2 years were tested on unfamiliar objects with different context conditions during trials.
  • Findings suggest the relevance of information type plays a significant role in context-dependent memory.

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Tippenhauer et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1ac0954b1d3bfb60e4c8ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.70007
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