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Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children – Working Memory (CABC-WM)
Published on: June 12, 2017
Differences in modal distortion in time perception due to working memory capacity: a response with a developmental
Sylvie Droit-Volet1, Quentin Hallez2
1Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire de psychologie sociale et cognitive, CNRS, UMR 6024, 34 avenue carnot, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Sylvie.droit-volet@uca.fr.
Abstract:
This study tested the modality effect on time judgment in a bisection task in children and adults when auditory and visual stimuli were presented in the same session. Cognitive capacities of children and adults were assessed with different neuropsychological tests. The results showed a modality effect, with the auditory stimuli judged longer than the visual stimuli. However, this modality distortion in time judgment was higher in the younger children. Statistical analyses revealed that the size of this time distortion was directly related to individual working memory capacities.
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