Working memory and spatial representation in mapuche and non-mapuche schoolchildren from La Araucanía
Memoria de trabajo y representación espacial en escolares mapuches y no mapuche de La Araucanía
Memória de trabalho e representação espacial em estudantes mapuche e não mapuche de La Araucanía
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Memoria de trabajo Representación espacial Mapuche No mapuche Urbano rural memória de trabalho representação espacial mapuche não mapuche rural urbano |
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| Español | |
| Universidad Católica del Uruguay | |
| LIBERI | |
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https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/2873
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/3213 |
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| Sumario: | The objective of this study was to determine if there are differences in performance in working memory and spatial representation in rural Mapuche children and non-Mapuche urban children, from the Araucanía region, Chile. 96 students between 8 and 12 years old participated (M = 10.33; SD = 1.02) who answered tasks of working memory and spatial representation in verbal and non-verbal format. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was performed, controlling for the effect of age and gender. The results show that Mapuche participants scored lower than their non-Mapuche peers in verbal working memory and marginally significant differences were found in non-verbal working memory. In the verbal spatial representation, no differences will be obtained in the groups and in the non-verbal spatial representation Mapuche children obtained a significantly higher performance than their non-Mapuche peers. Non-Mapuche children perform better on verbal tasks, while Mapuche children perform similarly or higher on non-verbal tasks. The relevance of ecological validity from the situated cognition paradigm is discussed. |
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