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ERIC Number: EJ746113
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 19
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Verbal and Visuospatial Short-Term and Working Memory in Children: Are They Separable?
Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth; Pickering, Susan J.
Child Development, v77 n6 p1698-1716 Nov-Dec 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 tasks was supported by a common resource pool, while storage aspects depend on domain-specific verbal and visuospatial resources. This model is largely stable across this developmental period, although some evidence exists that the links between the domain-specific visuospatial construct and the domain-general processing construct were higher in the 4- to- 6-year age group. The data also suggest that all working memory components are in place by 4 years of age.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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