The development of working memory

Spencer, John P.

doi:10.1177/0963721420959835

The development of working memory

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Spencer, John P. (2020) The development of working memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29 (6). pp. 545-553. ISSN 0963-7214

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Abstract

Working memory is a central cognitive system that plays a key role in development, with working memory capacity and speed of processing increasing as children move from infancy through adolescence. Here, I focus on two questions: What neural processes underlie working memory, and how do these processes change over development? Answers to these questions lie in computer simulations of neural-network models that shed light on how development happens. These models open up new avenues for optimizing clinical interventions aimed at boosting the working memory abilities of at-risk infants.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cognitive development,cognitive intervention,development,infancy,neural networks,working memory,psychology(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?... http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2020 23:58
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2025 21:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77320
DOI:	10.1177/0963721420959835

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