Tracy Packiam Alloway|Susan E. Gathercole|Catherine Willis|Annmarie Adams
A structural analysis of working memory and related cognitive skills in young children
Durham University|Durham University|Liverpool John Moores University|Liverpool John Moores University
aim study investigate functional organisation working memory related cognitive abilities young children sample 633 children aged 4 6 years tested measures verbal shortterm memory complex memory span sentence repetition phonological awareness nonverbal ability measurement model provided best fit data incorporates constructs correspond central executive phonological loop episodic buffer subcomponents working memory plus distinct associated constructs associated phonological awareness nonverbal ability