Tracy Packiam Alloway|Susan E. Gathercole|Susan J. Pickering
Verbal and Visuospatial Short?Term and Working Memory in Children: Are They Separable?
Durham University|Durham University|University of Bristol
study explored structure verbal visuospatial shortterm working memory children ages 4 11 years multiple tasks measuring 4 different memory components used capture cognitive processes underlying working memory confirmatory factor analyses indicated processing component working memory tasks supported common resource pool storage aspects depend domainspecific verbal visuospatial resources model largely stable across developmental period although evidence exists links domainspecific visuospatial construct domaingeneral processing construct higher 4 6year age group data also suggest working memory components place 4 years age