Relationship Between Visuospatial Working Memory and Concentration Game Performance in Young Children
Author: Shan-Shan Chou (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, National Taiwan Normal University), Shinmin Wang (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, National Taiwan Normal University)
Vol.&No.：Vol. 66, No. 3
Date：September 2021
Pages：191-212
DOI：https://doi.org/10.6209/JORIES.202109_66(3).0006
Abstract：
Eighty young children (4-6 years old) were recruited to explore the relationship between their performance on a concentration game and visuospatial working memory. The children’s performance on the concentration game was significantly correlated with their visuospatial short-term memory (visual short-term memory and spatial short-term memory) and visuospatial working memory. Regression analyses revealed that visuospatial short-term memory explained variations in children’s performance on the concentration game after age and nonverbal ability were considered. Moreover, visuospatial working memory was a significant predictor of children’s performance on the concentration game, independent of age, nonverbal ability, and visuospatial short-term memory. Collectively, our data suggest that children’s performance on the concentration game is significantly associated with their visuospatial working memory related skills.
Keywords：young children, visuospatial working memory, visuospatial short-term memory, concentration game
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