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Working memory refers to the temporary storage and manipulation of
information that is being processed in a wide range of cognitive
tasks. This Special Issue of the International Journal of
Behavioral Development brings together research on the development
of working memory that arises within two quite different
approaches. The first is the neo-Piagetian perspective, which
proposes that working memory limitations play an important role in
the development of cognitive abilities. Accordingly, a major goal
of neo-Piagetian research has been to develop techniques for
measuring the capacity of working memory and to chart its
development. Papers by Alp, de Ribaupierre and Bailleux, Morra, and
Pascual-Leone, illustrate different facets of this approach. The
second approach stems from the study of working memory and
information-processing in mainstream cognitive psychology, which
has suggested the need to distinguish relatively peripheral
phonological and visuo-spatial subsystems from central resources.
Since these subsystems are currently better understood than the
central component of adult working memory, they have tended to be
the focus of related developmental studies. This tendency is
illustrated in papers on visuo-spatial working memory by Longoni
and by Walker and Hitch, and on phonological working memory by
Henry. A further significant strand of research in both approaches,
is to investigate links between the development of working memory
and various aspects of cognitive development; this type of work is
illustrated in the papers by Blake on language acquisition and by
Siegel on reading. Although the two approaches have tended to
remain rather separate, their complementarity is fairly obvious:
one has tended to emphasise central aspects of working memory, the
other more peripheral aspects. This special issue is intended to
promote the exchange of ideas, methods and data between researchers
using the two approaches, and to identify areas of conflicts and
agreements.
"Jackie Andrade's Working Memory in Perspective is a valuable academic exercise for the way in which it forces researchers to turn the microscope on themselves and question fundamental assumptions made in their scientific pursuits. Jackie Andrade should be commended for asking some very tough questions of her UK colleagues. - Andrew A. Conway, University of Illinois, in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section A
' ... the book provides a clear, comprehensive and even-handed overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the influential Working Memory framework. Its appearance is timely ... ' - Gordon D.A. Brown, University of Warwick
'... any researchers hoping to be up to date in their knowledge about immediate memory, and the roles it plays in cognitive life, should read the whole of Andrade's Working Memory in Perspective.' - Michael J. Kane, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
'This collection of original chapters is an excellent resource for people in the field of Working Memory. It provides a detailed, incisive and extremely up-to-date account of the current status of the theory of Working Memory' - John Richardson, Brunel University
Working memory refers to the temporary storage and manipulation of
information that is being processed in a wide range of cognitive
tasks.
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Behavioral
Development brings together research on the development of working
memory that arises within two quite different approaches. The first
is the neo-Piagetian perspective, which proposes that working
memory limitations play an important role in the development of
cognitive abilities. Accordingly, a major goal of neo-Piagetian
research has been to develop techniques for measuring the capacity
of working memory and to chart its development. Papers by Alp, de
Ribaupierre and Bailleux, Morra, and Pascual-Leone, illustrate
different facets of this approach.
The second approach stems from the study of working memory and
information-processing in mainstream cognitive psychology, which
has suggested the need to distinguish relatively peripheral
phonological and visuo-spatial subsystems from central resources.
Since these subsystems are currently better understood than the
central component of adult working memory, they have tended to be
the focus of related developmental studies. This tendency is
illustrated in papers on visuo-spatial working memory by Longoni
and by Walker and Hitch, and on phonological working memory by
Henry.
A further significant strand of research in both approaches, is to
investigate links between the development of working memory and
various aspects of cognitive development; this type of work is
illustrated in the papers by Blake on language acquisition and by
Siegel on reading. Although the two approaches have tended to
remain rather separate, their complementarity is fairly obvious:
one has tended to emphasise central aspects of working memory, the
other more peripheral aspects.
This special issue is intended to promote the exchange of ideas,
methods and data between researchers using the two approaches, and
to identify areas of conflicts and agreements.
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