Children pick up information from everywhere. Learning from 2D and transferring that information into the real world is a complicated task for the memory system. In this series of studies we examined how learning from TV and picture books changes with age.
Lauricella, A., Barr, R., & Calvert, S. (2014). Parent-child interactions during traditional and computer storybook reading for children’s comprehension: Implications for electronic storybook design. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 1-9.
Barr, R., Brito, N., Simcock, G. (2013). Revisiting the effect of reminders on infants’ media memories: Does the encoding format matter?. Developmental Psychology, 49 (11), 2112-2119.
Brito N., Barr R., McIntyre P., Simcock G., (2012). Long-term transfer of learning from books and television. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111, 108-119.
Simcock G., Garrity K., Barr R. (2011). The effect of narrative cues on infants’ imitation from television and picture books. Child Development, 82(5), 1607-1619.