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van 't Wout, Félice; Jarrold, Christopher – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2022
Recent findings have shown that language plays an important role in the acquisition of novel cognitive tasks (van 't Wout & Jarrold, 2020). The current study sought to elucidate the factors that influence the contribution of language to novel task learning, focusing specifically on the role of task complexity (defined by the number of…
Descriptors: Language Role, Cognitive Processes, Task Analysis, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Bayliss, Donna M.; Jarrold, Christopher – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
This study examined the contribution of individual differences in rate of forgetting to variation in working memory performance in children. One hundred and twelve children (mean age 9 years 4 months) completed 2 tasks designed to measure forgetting, as well as measures of working memory, processing efficiency, and short-term storage ability.…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Children, Task Analysis, Cognitive Processes