We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
The structure of working memory from 4 to 15 years of age.
- Authors
Gathercole, Susan E; Pickering, Susan J; Ambridge, Benjamin; Wearing, Hannah
- Abstract
The structure of working memory and its development across the childhood years were investigated in children 4-15 years of age. The children were given multiple assessments of each component of the A. D. Baddeley and G. Hitch (1974) working memory model. Broadly similar linear functions characterized performance on all measures as a function of age. From 6 years onward, a model consisting of 3 distinct but correlated factors corresponding to the working memory model provided a good fit to the data. The results indicate that the basic modular structure of working memory is present from 6 years of age and possibly earlier, with each component undergoing sizable expansion in functional capacity throughout the early and middle school years to adolescence.
- Publication
Developmental psychology, 2004, Vol 40, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0012-1649
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0012-1649.40.2.177