Hayes Donald S
a Department of Psychology , University of Maine.
J Genet Psychol. 1999 Sep;160(3):280-293. doi: 10.1080/00221329909595399.
The influence of rhyme on preschoolers' story recall was examined in 2 experiments. In Experiment 1, preschoolers listened to either a rhyming or a prose version of a story, and then their recall was tested. Overall retention of content was higher in the prose condition than in the rhyme condition. A story-grammar analysis revealed that this difference occurred because the children who heard the rhyming version of the story recalled less information from the setting and outcome nodes. In Experiment 2, preschoolers listened to a different story in a rhyming, rhythmical, or prose version. Once again, the children who heard the prose version showed the highest recall, and rhyme reduced retention of setting, attempt, and outcome information. Thus, for both studies, the finding that the children did not retain outcome information in the rhyming condition demonstrates rhyme's negative influence on young children's retention of story content.
两项实验研究了韵律对学龄前儿童故事回忆的影响。在实验1中，学龄前儿童分别听了一个故事的押韵版或散文版，然后测试他们的回忆情况。总体而言，散文条件下的内容保留率高于押韵条件。故事语法分析表明，出现这种差异的原因是，听了押韵版故事的儿童从背景和结局节点回忆的信息较少。在实验2中，学龄前儿童听了一个不同故事的押韵、有节奏或散文版本。同样，听散文版本的儿童回忆率最高，押韵降低了背景、尝试和结局信息的保留率。因此，在这两项研究中，儿童在押韵条件下没有保留结局信息这一发现表明，韵律对幼儿故事内容的保留有负面影响。
