How do selective attentional processes contribute to maintenance and recall in children's working memory capacity?

ABSTRACT: The development of working memory capacity is considered from the perspective of the active maintenance of items in primary memory (PM) and a cue-dependent search component, secondary memory (SM). Using free recall, plus a more novel serial interleaved items task, age-related increases in PM estimates were evident in both paradigms. In addition to this, age-related improvements in attentional selectivity were observed, indexed by the recall of target and non-target information respectively. To further characterize PM, presentation modality was varied in the serial interleaved items task (auditory, visual and dual presentation). Developmental differences were found in the effectiveness of presentation formats. Older children's recall was enhanced by the combination of labeled visual items a

SUBMITTER: Roome HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4267211 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature