Publisher Summary This chapter examines the development of working memory between
the age of 7 years and adulthood. The information in working memory can come from the …

Working memory refers to ideas that are thought of, or made available to the mind, just when
they are needed in order to carry out a mental task or solve a problem. This chapter …

Working memory is a dynamic and evolving area of psychological research. It combines
fundamental research into adults' performance, with developmental perspectives as well as …

This chapter discusses the development of working memory as children grow up. We shall
argue that working memory is an important resource for acquiring and performing cognitive …

Change in strategies is often mentioned as a source of memory development. However,
though performance in working memory tasks steadily improves during childhood, theories …

For over a century, psychologists have amassed empirical research on phenomena that can
be labeled “memory.” For better or worse, the constraints on the phenomena that are labeled …

Working memory is the small amount of information that can be kept accessible or “kept in
mind” in the service of ongoing cognitive activity. It is of key importance in language …

Working memory is the small amount of information that we hold in mind and use to carry out
cognitive processes such as language comprehension and production, problem solving …

Working memory is the part of the human memory system that serves cognition by
maintaining temporary information in an active state. Its limited capacity is thought to …

The theoretical and practical understanding of cognitive development depends on working
memory, the limited information temporarily accessible for such daily activities as language …