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LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
卷 17, 期 3, 页码 336-344出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.02.010
关键词
phonological store; visual-spatial memory; mental abacus; music training
In this study we examined the effects of skill training, in particular mental abacus and music training, on working memory. Two groups of participants-children who had received mental abacus training and their controls-participated in Experiment 1. All participants performed the following span tasks: forward digit span, backward digit span, non-word span, operation span, simple spatial span, and complex spatial span tasks. Children (mean age: 12 years) who had received training exhibited greater simple spatial spans, but not other spans. In Experiment 2, the same span tests were given to groups of children (mean age: 12 years) and adults (mean age: 22 years) who had received music training and to their controls. For adults, the experimental group performed better than the control group with respect to both the digit span and non-word span tests. For children, the experimental group performed better than did the control group in all of the span tests. We discuss our results in terms of the domain-specific effects of skill training on working memory. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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