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

TY - JOUR

T1 - Verbal and visuospatial short-term and working memory in children: Are they separable?

AU - Packiam Alloway, T.

AU - Gathercole, S.E.

AU - Pickering, S.J.

PY - 2006/11

Y1 - 2006/11

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1111/J.1467-8624.2006.00968.X

DO - 10.1111/J.1467-8624.2006.00968.X

M3 - Article

SN - 0009-3920

VL - 77

SP - 1698

EP - 1716

JO - Child Development

JF - Child Development

IS - 6

ER -