Individual Differences in Working Memory Abilities in Healthy Adults
| Autor: | M. V. Pera, Ricardo García García, Jorge Oliveira, R. M. Morais, Valentina Ladera |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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VISUOSPATIAL SKETCHPAD
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology PSICOLOGIA IDADE 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Age and gender PSYCHOLOGY 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine AGE Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences EDUCATIONAL LEVEL CENTRAL EXECUTIVE PHONOLOGICAL LOOP Life-span and Life-course Studies Working memory 05 social sciences Neuropsychology GENDER DIFFERENCES Gender and Education DIFERENÇAS DE GÉNERO Baddeley's model of working memory Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| Popis: | The goal of this study was to understand the role of individual characteristics such as age, gender and education of healthy adults on working memory abilities, as conceptualized in the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad. The sample comprised 302 adults aged from 18 to 65 with different educational backgrounds. Participants were submitted to a protocol of established neuropsychological tests that were selected to assess the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad. The results revealed that these factors influenced working memory abilities differentially. Education level influenced all the three components in the same direction. Individuals with higher academic qualifications have better performance in tests assessing the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad, whereas age affected performance in the task evaluating the central executive. Age and gender also influenced the performance in tasks related to visuospatial sketchpad in the sense that younger individuals or men reveal better visual and spatial abilities as conceptualized in the visuospatial sketchpad. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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