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Giofré, D, Mammarella, IC and Cornoldi, C (2013) The structure of working memory and how it relates to intelligence in children. Intelligence, 41 (5). pp. 396-406. ISSN 0160-2896
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Giofrè, D., Mammarella, I. C., & Cornoldi, C. (2013). The structure of working memory and how it relates to intelligence in children. Intelligence, 41, 396–406. doi10.1016j.intell.2013.06.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (603kB) | Preview |
Abstract
This study explored the structure of working memory, and its relationship with intelligence in 176 typically-developing children in the 4th and 5th grades at school. Different measures of working memory (WM), and intelligence (g) were administered. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that WM involves an attentional control system and storage aspects that rely on domain-specific verbal (STM-V) and visuospatial (STM-VS) resources. The structural equation models showed that WM predicts a large portion (66%) of the variance in g, confirming that the two constructs are separable but closely related in young children. Findings also showed that only WM and STM-VS are significantly related to g, while the contribution of STM-V is moderate. Theoretical implications for the relationship between WM and g are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Science |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2016 09:59 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2022 14:26 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1016/j.intell.2013.06.006 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2748 |
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