Riggs, KJ and McTaggart, J and Simpson, A and Freeman, RPJ (2006) Changes in the capacity of visual working memory in 5- to 10-year-olds. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 95 (1). pp. 18-26. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2006.03.009
Riggs, KJ and McTaggart, J and Simpson, A and Freeman, RPJ (2006) Changes in the capacity of visual working memory in 5- to 10-year-olds. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 95 (1). pp. 18-26. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2006.03.009
Riggs, KJ and McTaggart, J and Simpson, A and Freeman, RPJ (2006) Changes in the capacity of visual working memory in 5- to 10-year-olds. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 95 (1). pp. 18-26. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2006.03.009
Abstract
Using the Luck and Vogel change detection paradigm, we sought to investigate the capacity of visual working memory in 5-, 7-, and 10-year-olds. We found that performance on the task improved signicantly with age and also obtained evidence that the capacity of visual working memory approximately doubles between 5 and 10 years of age, where it reaches adult levels of approximately three to four items.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Visual memory; Capacity; Processing speed; Attention |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2015 13:38 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2025 00:47 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/13192 |