Visual Working Memory and Perception Speed of 3- to 6-Year-Old Children Tested with a Matrix Film Battery Test

Autor/inn/en	Pittorf, Martin L.; Lehmann, Wolfgang; Huckauf, Anke
Titel	Visual Working Memory and Perception Speed of 3- to 6-Year-Old Children Tested with a Matrix Film Battery Test
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 184 (2014) 6, S.843-854 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2013.820725
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Short Term Memory; Visual Perception; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Kindergarten; Video Technology; Correlation; Validity; Reliability; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Deutschland
Abstract	In this study the visual working memory (VWM) and perception speed of 60 children between the ages of three and six years were tested with an age-based, easy-to-handle Matrix Film Battery Test (reliability R?=?0.71). It was thereby affirmed that the VWM is age dependent (correlation coefficient r?=?0.66*) as expected. Furthermore, a significant gender effect was found (partial correlation coefficient r[subscript p]p = 0.42*) indicating that boys generally have a better VWM: they are able to memorise more items and they can process visual information faster. Given that the test was repeated during a period of eight months, strong learning effects could be detected which show that the VWM can be trained and that the test itself is also a good training tool. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10