The role of processing difficulty in the predictive utility of working memory span.

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Michael Bunting,

Storage-plus-processing working memory span tasks (e.g., operation span [OSPAN]) are strong predictors of higher order cognition, including general fluid intelligence. This is due, in part, to the difficulty of the processing component. When the processing component prevents only articulatory rehearsal, but not executive attentional control, the predictive utility is attenuated. Participants in one experiment (N = 59) completed Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) and multiple versions of OSPAN and probed recall (PR). A distractor task (high or low difficulty) was added to PR, and OSPAN's processing component was manipulated for difficulty. OSPAN and PR correlated with RAPM when the processing component took executive attentional control. These results are suggestive of resource sharing between processing and storage.

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Psychonomic bulletin & review

VOLUME: 13

Page Numbers: 998-1004

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ISSN: 1069-9384

DAY: 3

MONTH: Dec

YEAR: 2006

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AFFILIATION: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA. mbunting@casl.umd.edu

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States NICHD

GRANT: 2 T32 HD07460-49

ACRONYM: HD

MEDLINETA: Psychon Bull Rev

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