Mapping the Developmental Constraints on Working Memory Span Performance

Autor/inn/en	Bayliss, Donna M.; Jarrold, Christopher; Baddeley, Alan D.; Gunn, Deborah M.; Leigh, Eleanor
Titel	Mapping the Developmental Constraints on Working Memory Span Performance
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 41 (2004) 4, S.579-597 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Memory; Developmental Psychology; Children; Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Mapping; Cognitive Development; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Entwicklungspsychologie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Denkfähigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung
Abstract	This study investigated the constraints underlying developmental improvements in complex working memory span performance among 120 children of between 6 and 10 years of age. Independent measures of processing efficiency, storage capacity, rehearsal speed, and basic speed of processing were assessed to determine their contribution to age-related variance in complex span. Results showed that developmental improvements in complex span were driven by 2 age-related but separable factors: 1 associated with general speed of processing and 1 associated with storage ability. In addition, there was an age-related contribution shared between working memory, processing speed, and storage ability that was important for higher level cognition. These results pose a challenge for models of complex span performance that emphasize the importance of processing speed alone. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10