Do preliterate children spontaneously employ spatial coding for serial order in working memory?

The ability to memorize arbitrary sequences contributes to cognitive faculties like language and mathematics. Research suggests that in literate adults, serial order in verbal working memory (WM) is grounded in spatial attention and is mentally organized according to our reading habits, that is, fro...

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Published in:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1477; no. 1; pp. 91 - 99
Main Authors:	Dijck, Jean‐Philippe, Abrahamse, Elger, Fias, Wim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2020
Subjects:	Attention - physiology Child, Preschool Children Coding Cognitive ability development Female Humans Language Literacy Male Memory Memory, Short-Term - physiology Reading Sequences serial order Short term memory space Space Perception - physiology Subgroups working memory development children working memory space serial order
ISSN:	0077-8923, 1749-6632, 1749-6632
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