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The complexities of complex span: Explaining individual differences in working memory in children and adults.
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Two studies are presented that investigated the constraints underlying working memory performance in children and adults. In each case, independent measures of processing efficiency and storage capacity are assessed to determine their relative importance in predicting performance on complex span tasks,which measure working memory capacity. Results show that complex span performance was independently constrained by individual differences in domain-general processing efficiency and domain-specific storage capacity. Residual variance, which may reflect the ability to coordinate storage and processing, also predicted academic achievement. These results challenge the view that complex span taps a limited-capacity resource pool shared between processing and storage operations. Rather, they are consistent with a multiple-component model in which separate resource pools support the processing and storage functions of working memory.
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“There is a substantial domain-general component to such working memory tasks (e.g., Bayliss, Jarrold, Gunn, & Baddeley, 2003; Kane, Hambrick, Tuholski, Wilhelm, Payne, & Engle, 2004; Swanson & Sachse-Lee, 2001) that has been interpreted as reflecting central executive function.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bayliss, D. M., Jarrold, C., Gunn, D. M., & Baddeley, A. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
- Published
- 2003
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 71-92
- ISSN
- 0096-3445 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2222
- OpenAlex
- W1985525819
- Cited by
- 427
- References
- 79
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- FWCI
- 26.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Psychology General (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Keywords
- working memory, complex span, individual differences, processing efficiency, storage capacity, domain-general processing, academic performance, children, adults, resource allocation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Child, Educational Status, Humans, Memory, Reaction Time, Space Perception, Speech Perception, Visual Perception
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