Journal
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 18-26Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.03.009
Keywords
visual memory; capacity; processing speed; attention
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Using the Luck and Vogel change detection paradigm, we sought to investigate the capacity of visual working memory in 5-, 7-, and 10-year-olds. We found that performance on the task improved significantly with age and also obtained evidence that the capacity of visual working memory approximately doubles between 5 and 10 years of age, where it reaches adult levels of approximately three to four items. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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