working memory

[Ann Dowker]

There are also a number of studies/ tests of working memory in specific
domains:

John Adams and Graham Hitch: Children's mental arithmetic and working
memory. In: C. Donlan (ed.) The Development of Mathematical Skills;
Psychology Press, 1998 (mental addition span)

R. Case, M. Kurland and J. Goldberg (1982). Operational efficiency and the
growth of short-term memory span. Journal of Experimental Child
Psychology, 33, 386-404 (counting span)

M. Danenan and P. A. Carpenter (1980). Individual differences in working
memory and reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behaviour, 19,
450-466 (reading span)

L.B. LaPointe and R.W. Engle (1990). Simple and complex spans as measures
of working memory capacity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning,
Memory and Cognition, 16, 1118-1133.



Ann