title: The relationship between deferred imitation, associative memory, and communication in 14-months-old children. Behavioral and electrophysiological indices.
abstract: The present study combines behavioral observations of memory (deferred imitation, DI, after a brief delay of 30 min and after a long delay of 2-3 weeks) and electrophysiological (event-related potentials, ERPs) measures of associative memory, as well as parental reports of non-verbal and verbal communication in sixteen 14-months-old children. Results show that for DI, the children remembered the stimulus after the brief but not after the long delay. There was a clear electrophysiological response indicating associative memory. Furthermore, a correlation between DI and ERP suggests that both measures of memory (DI and associative memory) tap into similar mechanisms in 14-months-old children. There was also a statistically significant relation between parental report of receptive (verbal) language and the ERP, showing an association between receptive language skills and associative memory.
authors: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University Linköping, Sweden ; The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University Linköping, Sweden.
authors: Emelie
authors: E
authors: Nordqvist
authors: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University Linköping, Sweden ; The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University Linköping, Sweden ; Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Linköping University Linköping, Sweden.
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Rudner
authors: Department of Psychology, Lund University Lund, Sweden.
authors: Mikael
authors: M
authors: Johansson
authors: Department of Psychology, Lund University Lund, Sweden.
authors: Magnus
authors: M
authors: Lindgren
authors: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University Linköping, Sweden ; The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University Linköping, Sweden.
authors: Mikael
authors: M
authors: Heimann
keywords: associative memory; communication; deferred imitation; event-related potentials; infant; memory