The endurance of children's working memory: a recall time analysis |
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Authors: | Towse John N Hitch Graham J Hamilton Z Pirrie Sarah |
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Institution: | a Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, UK b Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK c Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK |
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Abstract: | We analyze the timing of recall as a source of information about children’s performance in complex working memory tasks. A group of 8-year-olds performed a traditional operation span task in which sequence length increased across trials and an operation period task in which processing requirements were extended across trials of constant sequence length. Interword pauses were longer than are commonly found in immediate serial recall tasks yet shorter than for reading span. These pauses increased with the demands of recall, decreased across the output sequence, and were to some extent predictive of scholastic ability. Overall, timing data illustrate that recall in working memory tasks involves subtle processes of item access rather than simple readout of information from an immediate store. |
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Keywords: | Working memory |
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