Previous studies on the development of executive functions (EFs) in middle childhood have
traditionally focused on cognitive, or “cool,” EFs: working memory, inhibitory control and …

How sequential, verbal and visuospatial stimuli are encoded and stored in memory is not
clear in cognitive psychology. Studies with order recall tasks, such as the digit, and Corsi …

This study examined performance in the forward and backward digit span task of the
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fourth Edition (WISC–IV) in a large group of …

Working memory (WM) skills are closely associated with learning progress in key areas such
as reading and mathematics across childhood. As yet, however, little is known about how …

Working memory (WM) is central to the acquisition of knowledge and skills throughout
childhood and adolescence. While numerous behavioral and task-based functional …

Background: Recent advances in resting-state functional MRI have revealed altered
functional networks in Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially those of the default mode …

While short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) are understood as being crucial
for learning, and children with epilepsy often experience learning difficulties, little is known …

Groping around a familiar room in the dark, or learning to read again after a traumatic brain
injury; navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar, or envisioning a scene through the …

Both forward and backward working memory span tasks have been used in cognitive
training, but no study has been conducted to test whether the two types of trainings are …

Children's cognitive abilities improve significantly over childhood and adolescence. We
know from behavioral research that core cognitive processes such as working memory and …