David Giofrè|Irene C. Mammarella|Cesare Cornoldi
The structure of working memory and how it relates to intelligence in children
University of Padua|University of Padua|University of Padua
study explored structure working memory relationship intelligence 176 typicallydeveloping children 4th 5th grades school different measures working memory wm intelligence g administered confirmatory factor analyses showed wm involves attentional control system storage aspects rely domainspecific verbal stmv visuospatial stmvs resources structural equation models showed wm predicts large portion 66 variance g confirming two constructs separable closely related young children findings also showed wm stmvs significantly related g contribution stmv moderate theoretical implications relationship wm g discussed