Children's Representational Development Lab - CRDL

Welcome back to: Fun Facts About Saving ✨

Research has shown that children are more likely to save if they have already experienced the saving task!
This suggests that children are able to benefit from experience when it comes to saving a limited resource. 🍬⭐️

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Welcome back to: Fun facts about saving! ✨

Did you know that research has shown that children as young as 3-years-old can save BOTH a representation of a resource (for example, saving something that represents the thing you want to get, like using a ticket 🎟️ for a ride at an amusement park 🎢 ; Dueck et al., 2019; Jerome et al., 2023) and a resource itself (for example, saving an item itself to use for later, like saving half of a cupcake for later rather than eating the whole thing now 🧁 ; Metcalf & Atance, 2011; Atance et al., 2017; Kamawar et al., 2019)!

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CRDL presents our new series: Fun facts about saving! ✨

Full reference: Metcalf, J. L., & Atance, C. M. (2011). Do preschoolers save to benefit their future selves? Cognitive Development, 26, 371–382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2011.09.003

We are now recruiting 4- to 6-year-old children for a new study in our lab looking at how children think about the future! Please email [email protected] with 'Thinking About the Future' in the subject line if you are interested in participating or for more information!