Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ597752
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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The Role of Attention in the Development of Short-Term Memory: Age Differences in the Verbal Span of Apprehension.
Cowan, Nelson; Nugent, Lara D.; Elliott, Emily M.; Ponomarev, Igor; Saults, J. Scott
Child Development, v70 n5 p1082-97 Sep-Oct 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 during childhood. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Children, Memory, Mnemonics, Recall (Psychology), Short Term Memory
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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