Changes in the capacity of visual working memory in 5- to 10-year-olds

Using the Luck and Vogel change detection paradigm, we sought to investigate the capacity of visual working memory in 5-, 7-, and 10-year-olds. We found that performance on the task improved significantly with age and also obtained evidence that the capacity of visual working memory approximately do...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of experimental child psychology 2006-09, Vol.95 (1), p.18-26
Hauptverfasser:	Riggs, Kevin J., McTaggart, James, Simpson, Andrew, Freeman, Richard P.J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Age Factors Analysis of Variance Attention Attention - physiology Biological and medical sciences Capacity Child Child development Child psychology Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Cognition & reasoning Cognitive development Cognitive Processes Developmental psychology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Information processing Judgment - physiology Male Memory Memory, Short-Term - physiology Photic Stimulation - methods Processing speed Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Reaction Time - physiology Scotland Short Term Memory Task Analysis Task Performance and Analysis Time Factors Visual Learning Visual memory Visual Perception Visual Perception - physiology Visual task performance
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Zusammenfassung:	Using the Luck and Vogel change detection paradigm, we sought to investigate the capacity of visual working memory in 5-, 7-, and 10-year-olds. We found that performance on the task improved significantly with age and also obtained evidence that the capacity of visual working memory approximately doubles between 5 and 10 years of age, where it reaches adult levels of approximately three to four items.
ISSN:	0022-0965 1096-0457
DOI:	10.1016/j.jecp.2006.03.009