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Research Question: Is the formation of novel phonological representation…
Research Question: Is the formation of novel phonological representation and engagement in lexical competition the same in 7 and 12-year-old children as in adults?

Brown, H., Weighall, A., Henderson, L. M., & Gaskell, M. G. (2012). Enhanced recognition and recall of new words in 7- and 12-year-olds following a period of offline consolidation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 112(1), 56–72. https://doi-org.ezproxy.capilanou.ca/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.11.010
Experiment 1
Method: Participants who were 6-8 years old were shown some novel non-words, then tested on their recognition of them. Then the participants were tested on the novel non-words after a 3-4 hour delay or the following day after having a full night's rest.
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Hypothesis: H0:The participants will not have a difference in performance regardless of the time between the initial test and retest. H1: The participants will have better recognition results during re-test after a longer time between initial test and retest; over 24 hours, and after offline consolidation time
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Experiment 2
Method: Same as experiment 1, but with two groups. A group of 6-8 year olds, and a group of 11-13 year olds. This was done to compare the different age groups on a developmental basis.
Results: overall, the children increased the recognition performace in the 3-4 hour groups and the 24 hour groups
2 X 2 ANOVA
Main effect: F1(1, 54) = 21.21,
p = .000, np2 = .28, F2(1, 24) = 74.45, p = .000, np2 = .76
The 12-year-olds scored higher than the 7-year-olds; main effect was more significant in 7 year olds, 12 year olds had less room for improvement
Conclusion: The second experiment further supports the hypothesis that a longer rest consolidation time increases the performance on retesting of the non-words.