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Bridging the Gap between Visual Temporary Memory and Working Memory: The Role of Stimuli Distinctiveness
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Shoval, Roy; Luria, Roy; Makovski, Tal – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Visual working memory (VWM) is traditionally assumed to be immune to proactive interference (PI). However, in a recent study (Endress & Potter, 2014), performance in a visual memory task was superior when all items were unique and hence interference from previous trials was impossible, compared to a standard condition in which a limited set of…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Visual Stimuli, Interference (Learning), College Students
Early Literacy Programme as Support for Immigrant Children and as Transfer to Early Numeracy
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Korat, Ofra; Gitait, Aviva; Bergman Deitcher, Deborah; Mevarech, Zmira – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
We researched the efficacy of an early literacy programme in enhancing immigrant children's phonological awareness (PA) and print knowledge, including transferring learning to numeracy. Participants were 294 Ethiopian-born immigrant children in Israel at kindergarten age and one of their parents. Parent-child dyads were randomly selected to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Children, Kindergarten