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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience

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  • Working memory (WM) is crucial for cognitive functions.
  • Understanding age-related changes in WM structure and function is essential.
  • Investigating the domain-general versus domain-specific nature of WM is a key research question.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine age-related structural changes in complex working memory tasks.
  • To determine if these changes reflect a domain-general or domain-specific system.
  • To assess developmental trajectories and contributions to academic achievement.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 5 complex working memory tasks in 2,471 participants across 11 age groups (6 to 66 years).
  • Comparison of verbal and visuospatial working memory performance.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis and Schmid-Leiman transformation to a high-order model.

Main Results:

  • A domain-general factor model for working memory was supported across the total sample and within children and adults.
  • Visuospatial working memory showed a faster age-related decline compared to verbal working memory.
  • Both verbal and visuospatial working memory measures predicted reading and math achievement.

Conclusions:

  • Complex working memory tasks function as a domain-general system.
  • The underlying factor structure of working memory is similar in children and adults.
  • Working memory's domain-general nature contributes significantly to academic performance.