Victoria Reyes?García|Aili Pyhälä|Isabel Díaz-Reviriego|Romain Duda|Álvaro Fernández?Llamazares|Sandrine Gallois|Maximilien Guèze|Lucentezza Napitupulu
Schooling, Local Knowledge and Working Memory: A Study among Three Contemporary Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|University of Helsinki|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|University of Helsinki|Musée de l'Homme|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
researchers analysed whether school local knowledge complement substitute paid less attention whether two learning models use different cognitive strategies study use data collected among three contemporary huntergatherer societies relatively low levels exposure schooling yet high levels local ecological knowledge test association schooling ii local ecological knowledge verbal working memory participants include 94 people 24 baka 25 punan 45 tsimane collected information 1 schooling school related skills ie literacy numeracy 2 local knowledge skills related hunting medicinal plants 3 working memory assess working memory applied multitrial free recall using words relevant cultural setting people without schooling similar levels accurate inaccurate recall although differ strategies organize recall people schooling higher results serial clustering suggesting better learning repetition whereas people without schooling higher results semantic clustering suggesting organize recall around semantically meaningful categories individual levels local ecological knowledge related accurate recall organization recall arguably due overall high levels local ecological knowledge schooling seems favour organization strategies might come expense organization strategies