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ERIC Number: EJ607000
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Persistence of Memory for Ignored Lists of Digits: Areas of Developmental Constancy and Change.
Cowan, Nelson; Nugent, Lara D.; Elliott, Emily M.; Saults, J. Scott
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v76 n2 p151-72 Jun 2000
Examined persistence of sensory memory by studying developmental differences in recall of attended and ignored lists of digits for second-graders, fifth-graders, and adults. Found developmental increase in the persistence of memory only for the final item in an ignored list, which is the item for which sensory memory is thought to be the most vivid at short retention intervals. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Children, Information Processing, Memory, Perceptual Development, Reliability, Short Term Memory, Speech
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Memory Span; Working Memory