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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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

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 …

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 in infancy Page 186 WORKING MEMORY IN INFANCY Kevin A. Pelphrey and J.
Steven Reznick DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA …

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