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Influence of input modalities on working memory retrieval speed in children

The important role of working memory in the functioning of various cognitive abilities explains the continuous research interest in this area. However, research has mostly focused on working memory capacity and less on retrieval speed. The goal of this study was twofold: To investigate the influence of different input modalities on working memory retrieval speed, and to investigate the correlation between retrieval speed and other working memory aspects (e.g., capacity, coordination of information) To achieve these goals, reaction time data were collected using the Sternberg paradigm with different perceptual sources (auditory and visual) and different codes (verbal and nonverbal). Data related to working memory capacity were obtained by administrating well-known tests such as: digit span, word list recall, non-word list recall, and listening recall. The participants were typically developing school children with an age range from seven to eleven. The broader aim of this study was to provide data about capacity, speed and functioning of all four working memory components in monolingual Croatian speaking children by testing them using two different but complementary methods.

working memory ; processing speed and capacity ; school-age children

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