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Global Processing Speed as a Mediator of Developmental Changes in Children's Auditory Memory Span
Ferguson, A.N.; Bowey, J.A.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v91 n2 p89-112 Jun 2005
This study examined the role of global processing speed in mediating age increases in auditory memory span in 5- to 13-year-olds. Children were tested on measures of memory span, processing speed, single-word speech rate, phonological sensitivity, and vocabulary. Structural equation modeling supported a model in which age-associated increases in processing speed predicted the availability of long-term memory phonological representations for redintegration processes. The availability of long-term phonological representations, in turn, explained variance in memory span. Maximum speech rate did not predict independent variance in memory span. span.
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Long Term Memory
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