Sociocultural theories of development privilege the role of parent–child conversation as a
critical interpersonal context for cognitive and socioemotional development. Research on …

Objective. To synthesize existing theory and research into a novel interdisciplinary
framework for understanding and investigating family storytelling as a critical developmental …

If languages influence the way we think, do bilinguals think differently in their respective
languages? And if languages do not affect thought, why do bilinguals often perceive such …

In this volume, Qi Wang traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of
the autobiographical self-the self that is made of memories of the personal past and of the …

The way that mothers talk about the past (reminisce) with young children is linked to key
memory, language, and socioemotional outcomes. The present research explored the role …

This chapter describes the role of language in constructing the cultured self and mediating
autobiographical remembering. Most of the extant research in this area has focused on the …

Significant research has investigated the relationship between mother–child reminiscing
and children's autobiographical memory development. It has been suggested that mothers …

Māori adults recall earlier memories than New Zealand European or Chinese adults,
highlighting the importance of memory in Māori culture. In this study, Māori preschool …

Introduction Parental elaborative reminiscing supports young children's autobiographical
memory, narrative, and socioemotional skills. Objective This study is an adolescent follow …

The present study examined conversations of 164 mothers from seven different cultural
contexts when reminiscing with their 3-year-old children. We chose samples based on their …