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| Language Processing | 1 |
| Memory | 1 |
| Mental Computation | 1 |
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| Adams, J.W. | 1 |
| Conlin, J.A. | 1 |
| Gathercole, S.E. | 1 |
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Direct linkConlin, J.A.; Gathercole, S.E.; Adams, J.W. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2005
Three experiments investigated the roles of resource-sharing and intrinsic memory demands in complex working memory span performance in 7- and 9-year-olds. In Experiment 1, the processing complexity of arithmetic operations was varied under conditions in which processing times were equivalent. Memory span did not differ as a function of processing…
Descriptors: Memory, Arithmetic, Mental Computation, Language Processing
