Verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory in children: Are they separable?

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作者
Alloway, Tracy Packiam
Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth
Pickering, Susan J.
机构
[1] Univ Durham, Sch Educ, Durham DH1 1TA, England
[2] Univ Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England
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10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00968.x
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G44 [教育心理学];
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0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
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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