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From temporal updating to temporal reasoning: Developments in young children's temporal representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

Estelle M. Y. Mayhew ,
Meng Zhang  and
Judith A. Hudson Open the ORCID record for Judith A. Hudson [Opens in a new window]
Estelle M. Y. Mayhew
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Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ, 08854. emayhew@psych.rutgers.edumz283@psych.rutgers.edujhudson@psych.rutgers.eduhttps://psych.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/135-estelle-mayhewhttps://psych.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/129-judith-hudson
Meng Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ, 08854. emayhew@psych.rutgers.edumz283@psych.rutgers.edujhudson@psych.rutgers.eduhttps://psych.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/135-estelle-mayhewhttps://psych.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/129-judith-hudson
Judith A. Hudson
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Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ, 08854. emayhew@psych.rutgers.edumz283@psych.rutgers.edujhudson@psych.rutgers.eduhttps://psych.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/135-estelle-mayhewhttps://psych.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/129-judith-hudson
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Abstract

Evidence from our research on young children's temporal understanding supports Hoerl & McCormack's view that young children rely on a temporal updating system to change representations over time. We propose that the shift from temporal updating to temporal reasoning is enabled by children's expanding representations of event sequences, along with developments in language, memory, and other cognitive competencies.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e263
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