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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Multisensory processing enhances adult perception and cognition.
  • Limited understanding exists on how multisensory stimuli impact children's working memory (WM) development compared to unisensory stimuli.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and meta-analyze the association between multisensory (auditory-visual) processing and WM performance in children (0-15 years).
  • To compare WM capacity for audiovisual versus unisensory stimuli after language development.
  • To investigate age-related differences in multisensory processing and WM.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search across six major databases (PRISMA guidelines).
  • Bayesian meta-analysis and meta-regression of 21 selected studies.
  • Inclusion of studies assessing auditory-visual multisensory processing and WM tasks (verbal and motor).

Main Results:

  • Decisive evidence supports associations between multisensory reaction times and WM tasks.
  • Verbal multisensory stimuli significantly enhance verbally assessed WM capacity more than unisensory stimuli.
  • Age moderates the relationship, showing differential contributions of verbal and motor multisensory processing to WM across development.

Conclusions:

  • Multisensory processing, especially verbal, plays a crucial role in developing children's working memory.
  • Findings suggest educational strategies leveraging multisensory stimuli can improve learning outcomes.
  • Age-specific developmental trajectories highlight the nuanced impact of multisensory integration on WM.