Working Memory Capacity in Context - Modeling Dynamic Processes of Behavior, Memory, and Development

Informationen zum Autor Vanessa R. Simmering is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research program focuses on understanding cognition and development from a dynamic systems perspective by considering how multiple factors influence behavior across timescales and contexts. Nelson Cowan is Curators' Professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has conducted NICHD-funded research on working memory, attention, and their childhood development since 1984. His work is shaped by a philosophical interest in human consciousness combined with the hope that the findings can be useful to educators and neuropsychologists. Klappentext Higher cognitive functions are reliably predicted by working memory measures from two domains: children's performance on complex span tasks, and infants' looking behavior. Despite the similar predictive power across these research areas, theories of working memory development have not connected these different task types and developmental periods. Zusammenfassung Higher cognitive functions are reliably predicted by working memory measures from two domains: children's performance on complex span tasks! and infants' looking behavior. Despite the similar predictive power across these research areas! theories of working memory development have not connected these different task types and developmental periods. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY IN CONTEXT: MODELING DYNAMIC PROCESSES OF BEHAVIOR, MEMORY, AND DEVELOPMENT 25 II.THE COGNITIVE DYNAMICS THEORY OF VISUAL WORKING MEMORY 56 III. EMPIRICAL TESTS OF PREDICTIONS COMPARING CAPACITY ESTIMATES ACROSS TASKS AND DEVELOPMENT 82 IV. MODEL SIMULATIONS TESTING THE REAL-TIME STABILITY HYPOTHESIS OF DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN VISUAL WORKING MEMORY 109 V. NEW QUESTIONS AND REMAINING CHALLENGES TO ACCOUNT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN VISUAL WORKING MEMORY 128 REFERENCES 139 APPENDIX 148 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 149 COMMENTARY 159 EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY IN WORKING MEMORY DEVELOPMENT 160 Nelson Cowan CONTRIBUTORS STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 162 SUBJECT INDEX ...

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• Authors: Nelson Cowan, Simmering, Vanessa Simmering, Vanessa Cowan Simmering, Simmering Vanessa
• Assisted by: Patricia Bauer (Editor), Patricia J Bauer (Editor), Patricia J. Bauer (Editor), Patricia J. (University of Minnesota Bauer (Editor), Bauer Patricia J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781119331957
• ISBN: 978-1-119-33195-7
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Mono); Monographs of the Society for; Monographs of the Society for; Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Mono)
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