The development of visual working memory capacity during early childhood

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-707

  Simmering, Vanessa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Change detection; Cognitive development; Early childhood; Task comparison; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857137936     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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