{"pk":50254,"title":"How Well Do Adults and Children Remember Agents and Actions in Dynamic Events?","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Understanding how adults and children remember dynamic events is important for cognition. In S1, adults(N= 177) heard no words, verbs, or nouns while Tobiix30 eyetracker recorded looking to 34 familiar events. Test included 40 events: Old, New Action(old agent,new action), New Agent(new agent,old action), and Conjunction(new combination). Tracking shows more attention to hands (50%) than head (25%); looking affected memory. Results show better memory for actions than agents (e.g.,Trial type:F(3,522)=660.28,p< .001). In an adapted procedure, 19 3-year-olds and 19 4-year-olds were shown 2 events while hearing verbs; tested on memory with the same types of trials.  Again, actions were remembered better than agents (e.g.,Trial type(F(4, 72)=25.66,p< 0.001). Conclusions can be drawn regarding the development of event memory with implications for multiple areas (eyewitness testimony,verb learning).","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Psychology; Event cognition; Language and thought; Eye tracking"}],"section":"Member Abstracts with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86g8w9f8","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Jane","middle_name":"B.","last_name":"Childers","name_suffix":"","institution":"Trinity University","department":""},{"first_name":"Alan","middle_name":"W.","last_name":"Kersten","name_suffix":"","institution":"Florida Atlantic University","department":""},{"first_name":"Allen","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hagen","name_suffix":"","institution":"Florida Atlantic University","department":""},{"first_name":"Lindsey","middle_name":"","last_name":"Pugh","name_suffix":"","institution":"Florida Atlantic University","department":""},{"first_name":"Sneh","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lalani","name_suffix":"","institution":"Trinity University","department":""},{"first_name":"Ayeleen","middle_name":"","last_name":"Merchant","name_suffix":"","institution":"Trinity University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2025-01-01T10:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/50254/galley/38216/download/"}]}