With development, list recall includes more chunks, not just larger ones.

Cowan, Nelson and Hismjatullina, Anna and AuBuchon, Angela M. and Saults, J. Scott and Horton, Neil and Leadbitter, Kathy and Towse, John N. (2010) With development, list recall includes more chunks, not just larger ones. Developmental Psychology, 46 (5). pp. 1119-1131. ISSN 0012-1649

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Abstract

The nature of the childhood development of immediate recall has been difficult to determine. There could be a developmental increase in either the number of chunks held in working memory or the use of grouping to make the most of a constant capacity. In 3 experiments with children in the early elementary school years and adults, we show that improvements in the immediate recall of word and picture lists come partly from increases in the number of chunks of items retained in memory. This finding was based on a distinction between access to a studied group of items (i.e., recall of at least 1 item from the group) and completion of the accessed group (i.e., the proportion of the items recalled from the group). Access rates increased with age, even with statistical controls for completion rates, implicating development of capacity in chunks. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

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Developmental Psychology
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?? demographylife-span and life-course studiesdevelopmental and educational psychologybf psychology ??
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12 Jul 2010 08:35
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