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McVay, Jennifer C.; Kane, Michael J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
A combined experimental, individual-differences, and thought-sampling study tested the predictions of executive attention (e.g., Engle & Kane, 2004) and coordinative binding (e.g., Oberauer, Suss, Wilhelm, & Sander, 2007) theories of working memory capacity (WMC). We assessed 288 subjects' WMC and their performance and mind-wandering rates…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Reaction Time, Short Term Memory, Predictor Variables
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Gerstadt, Cherie L.; And Others – Cognition, 1994
Tested 160 children on a Stroop-like day-night test that involved 2 rules. Also tested for whether remembering two rules alone was sufficient to cause difficulty. Concludes that the requirement to learn and remember two rules is not in itself sufficient to account for the poor performance of younger children (under five) in the experiment. (DR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Color, Elementary School Students, Performance Factors
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Hochman, Sidney H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Color, Discrimination Learning