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

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-26

  Riggs, Kevin J ^a   McTaggart, James ^a   Simpson, Andrew ^a   Freeman, Richard P J ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Capacity; Processing speed; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SCOTLAND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747375447     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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