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

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 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 …

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 span tasks require participants to maintain items in short-term memory
while performing some concurrent processing (eg, reading, counting, and problem solving) …

Several models assume that working memory development depends on age-related
increases in efficiency and speed of processing. However, age-related increases in the …

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

The author has thought about working memory, not always by that name, since 1969 and
has conducted research on its infant and child development since the same year that the …

Working memory is the retention of a small amount of information in a readily accessible
form. It facilitates planning, comprehension, reasoning, and problem solving. I examine the …

In this article, we review research and theory on the development of attention and working
memory in infancy using a developmental cognitive neuroscience framework. We begin with …