Gathercole et al (2004)

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Aim

To investigate the structure of working memory and its development across the childhood years in children

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Participants

  • 700 students aged 4-15 years

  • Location: S.W England

  • Testing period: 5-10 days

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Procedure - Phonological Loop Tests

Digit recall, word list recall, non-word list recall

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Procedure - Central Executive Tests

Backward digit recall, listening recall (<6), counting recall (>6)

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Procedure - Visio-spacial Sketchpad Tests

Block recall, visual patterns test, mazes test (>6)

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Results

  • three verbal-storage/visuo-spatial measures showed effect of age, older people performed better

  • older boys performed better on visuo-spatial test

  • general performances improved with age, leveling off between ages 14-15

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Conclusion

The developmental functions for measures associated with the phonological loop, the central executive and the visuo-spatial sketchpad were very similar, showing linear increases in performances from ages 4-15

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Strengths

  1. Strong evidence supports existence of WMM components

  2. Demonstrated WMM’s key role in learning and intellectual growth

  3. Findings emphasise gradual development of the 3 components throughout childhood, contributing to the understanding of how cognitive processes evolve overtime

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Limitations

Children were all from the same region of England

  • external validity could be questioned

  • coss-cultural comparison is needed

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