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ERIC Number: EJ543404
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in School-Age Children: Developmental Differences in Susceptibility to Interference.
Hale, Sandra; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v33 n2 p364-71 Mar 1997
Eight-, 10-, and 19-year-olds performed a verbal or spatial domain primary memory task. The task was performed alone or in conjunction with a verbal or spatial secondary memory task. In their performance of the primary task, only 8-year-olds showed interference by a secondary task that was based on a different domain from the primary task. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Preadolescents, Recall (Psychology), Short Term Memory
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Interference Effects; Memory Tasks; Spatial Tasks; Verbal Recall; Working Memory