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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Working memory (WM) theories, including domain-specificity, intrinsic cognitive load, and dual process theories, offer frameworks for understanding cognitive functions.
  • The precise relationship between reading abilities and working memory capacity remains a key area of investigation in cognitive science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between reading and working memory (WM) within established theoretical frameworks.
  • To examine how this relationship is moderated by factors such as reading type, WM domains, and grade level.

Main Methods:

  • A comprehensive meta-analysis was conducted, synthesizing data from 197 studies comprising 2026 effect sizes.
  • Moderation analyses were employed to explore the influence of various factors on the reading-WM correlation.

Main Results:

  • A significant moderate positive correlation (r = .29) was found between reading and WM.
  • The strength of the relationship between WM domains and reading varied with grade level, with verbal WM becoming more dominant in later grades.
  • The influence of WM on reading comprehension was diminished when decoding and vocabulary skills were statistically controlled.

Conclusions:

  • Findings align with aspects of domain-specificity and dual process theories of WM, while introducing a crucial developmental perspective.
  • Early reading acquisition relies on the domain-general central executive of WM, whereas verbal WM becomes increasingly important for advanced reading performance.
  • The study highlights implications for targeted reading instruction and WM training programs.