The development of short-term memory span from 8 to 16-year-old children
- VernacularTitle:8～16岁儿童短时记忆广度的发展研究
- Author:
Xiaoju DUAN
;
Jiannong SHI
;
Xingshun ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children;
Short-term memory;
Development
- From:Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2008;17(11):1017-1018
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the characteristic of 8 to 16-year-old children's short-term memory.Methods 157 subjects participated in this study (8,10,12,14 and 16 years old).All subjects completed the digit recall,word recall,spatial recall and position recall tests.Results Short-term memory spans increased with age (F(4,145)= 35.56,P<0.01) and peaked at 14 years old [ digit (8.83±1.31),word (4.79±0.68),spatial (5.90±0.77),position (5.42±1.28)].Conclusion The developmental trends of four tasks' memory span were similar.But the exact span-scores were different from what Pascual-Leone's model predicted.
