Visual Memory in Village Eskimo and Urban Caucasian Children

• Main Author: Judith Kleinfeldl
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; eskimo*; esquimaux
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1073.7261; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic24-2-132.pdf

ABSTRACT. The hypothesis that the ecological and cultural characteristics of Eskimo society lead to village Eskimo children having greater ability in visual memory than urban Caucasian children has been studied. A test of visual memory was given to 501 urban Caucasian and 125 village Eskimo children. Village Eskimo children demonstrated significantly higher levels of visual memory. Visual memory was also found to increase significantly with age. A follow-up questionnaire study indicated that about 65 per cent of teachers in Eskimo villages noted the unusually high ability of Eskimo students in recalling visual detail or mentioned their high performance in tasks depending partly upon this ability. significative avec l'âge. Un questionnaire complémentaire a indiqué qu'environ 65 pour cent des instituteurs des villages esquimaux ont noté une habileté peu commune des élèves esquimaux à se rappeler des détails visuels ou ont mentionné leurs grands succès dans des tâches qui dépendent partiellement de cette habileté. PE3IOME. 3 p u m e s m a s najltxmb aepeeencxux ~C X U~O C C X U X aemeü u eopoacxux aemeü eeponeouawoü p a m . IIposeneHaHe zccnenosamsr noKaaann, ¶TO no cpaeaerlm c roponcEmm n e m m eBponeonpioi4 pacbI, AepeseacKne acKnMoccKne AeTH o 6 n a~a m~ 6onee paSBETOR SpHTeJIbHOt IIaMRTbIO, 0 6 y c n o~l e~r l o~ oco6ea-HOCTRMH aKOJIOrHH H 6b1~a BCKHMOCCKOFO 06Qec~sa.