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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Working memory capacity (WMC) is a key psychological construct.
  • Childhood WMC growth is traditionally viewed as linear.
  • Adult WMC is often estimated at four or five "chunks."

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the developmental trajectory of WMC in childhood.
  • To determine if WMC growth is linear or curvilinear.
  • To re-evaluate WMC estimates in children and adults.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study using digit span backward task.
  • Data collected from a large, representative U.S. kindergarten sample (2011).
  • Latent curve modeling analysis applied to the data.

Main Results:

  • Childhood WMC growth follows a curvilinear pattern: increasing yet decelerating.
  • Scoring rules influence age-based WMC estimates.
  • Current estimates may underestimate children's WMC, making an average adult WMC of five more plausible than four.

Conclusions:

  • WMC development in childhood is not linear but curvilinear.
  • Accurate WMC developmental estimates are crucial for interventions.
  • Findings inform understanding of WMC across the lifespan.