Disentangling the relationship between working memory and language: The roles of short-term storage and cognitive control
Disentangling the relationship between working memory and language: The roles of short-term storage and cognitive control
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DOI：
10.1016/j.lindif.2011.06.002
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发表时间：
2011-10-01
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3.6
通讯作者：
Martin, Romain
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作者：
de Abreu, Pascale Marguerite Josiane Engel;Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth;Martin, Romain
本研究探讨了在多语言环境中成长的幼儿的工作记忆与语言的关系。其目的是探索短期储存和认知控制机制是否与新出现的语言技能具有类似的关系，并调查潜在的联系是否由相关的认知能力中介。对119名卢森堡6岁儿童的样本完成了工作记忆(复杂和简单的广度)、母语和外语词汇、句法、阅读、押韵意识和流动智力的几项评估。结果表明，短期记忆和认知控制与语言能力的发展表现出不同的联系：而言语的短期记忆与词汇有特定的联系；认知控制与句法和早期阅读发展表现出独特而稳健的联系。这项研究表明，幼儿的工作记忆系统由独立但相互作用的组成部分组成，这些组成部分对应于短期储存和认知控制，可以根据它们在支持语言习得方面所起的作用来区分。(C)2011 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
This study investigates the relationship between working memory and language in young children growing up in a multilingual environment. The aim is to explore whether mechanisms of short-term storage and cognitive control hold similar relations to emerging language skills and to investigate if potential links are mediated by related cognitive abilities. A sample of 119 Luxembourgish 6-year-olds completed several assessments of working memory (complex and simple span), native and foreign vocabulary, syntax, reading, rhyme awareness, and fluid intelligence. Results showed that short-term storage and cognitive control manifested differential links with developing language abilities: Whereas verbal short-term storage was specifically linked to vocabulary; cognitive control manifested unique and robust links with syntax and early reading development. The study suggests that in young children the working memory system is composed of separate but interacting components corresponding to short-term storage and cognitive control that can be distinguished by the roles they play in supporting language acquisition. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.