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Peer reviewedCowan, Nelson; Nugent, Lara D.; Elliott, Emily M.; Ponomarev, Igor; Saults, J. Scott – Child Development, 1999
This study examined ability of first and fourth graders and adults to recall digits they heard while they were carrying out a visual task. Results suggested that each individual has a core memory capacity limit that can be observed in circumstances in which it cannot be supplemented by mnemonic strategies. The capacity limit increases with age…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Children
Peer reviewedHalford, Graeme S.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Four experiments with children aged 5 through 12 tested the relationship between short-term memory (STM) and processing capacity. The results suggest that effects obtained with STM span do not provide clear indications of overall working memory development, because STM span and the processing space component of working memory entail distinct…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Direct linkAlloway, Tracy Packiam; Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth; Pickering, Susan J. – Child Development, 2006
This study explored the structure of verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory in children between ages 4 and 11 years. Multiple tasks measuring 4 different memory components were used to capture the cognitive processes underlying working memory. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the processing component of working memory…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability, Children, Cognitive Processes
