Modality Specificity of Memory Span Tasks among Zaïrian Children: A Developmental Perspective

• Published in: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 375 - 384
• Main Authors: Conant, Lisa L., Fastenau, Philip S., Giordani, Bruno, Boivin, Michael J., Opel, Bikayi, Dia Nseyila, Diawaku
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colchester Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.1999; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Development; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Cultural Characteristics; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Developmental psychology; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Laos; Male; Memory; Psychological Tests; Psychology, Child; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; United States; Vision, Ocular; Congo(Democratic republic); Africa; United States; Laos; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Human; Short term; Verbal ability; Verbal memory; Visual memory; Spatial ability; Cognition; Cognitive development; Memory span; Child; Preadolescent

Digit span (DS) and visual memory span (VMS) tasks have been shown to be distinct in young children but fail to show modality specificity in older American children and adults (Fastenau, Conant, & Lauer, 1997, 1998). The present study examines the possibility that processing of VMS becomes autom...