Contextual support for children's recall within working memory.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)
; 72(6): 1364-1378, 2019 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-30239274
ABSTRACT
Measures of working memory capacity (WMC) are extremely popular, yet we know relatively little about the specific processes that support recall. We focused on children's and adults' ability to use contextual support to access working memory representations that might otherwise not be reported. Children ( N = 186, 5-10 years) and adults ( N = 64) completed a listening span task and a delayed recall task with semantic probes or cues. Clear age-related increases in listening span were evident. All age groups benefitted from contextual support to retrieve degraded target memoranda, particularly on listening span tasks when the cues provided semantic support for processing events, in comparison to cues associated specifically with memoranda. Response latencies suggested a developing efficiency in children's use of contextual support for delayed recall correlated with listening span performance. These probe tasks support accounts of working memory that recognise reconstructive and cued search processes.
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Rememoração Mental
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Percepção da Fala
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Desenvolvimento Infantil
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Memória de Curto Prazo
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En
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2019
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