Individual differences in working memory capacity: More evidence for a general capacity theory
Individual differences in working memory capacity: More evidence for a general capacity theory
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DOI：
10.1080/741940997
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发表时间：
1996-11-01
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Engle, RW
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作者：
Conway, ARA;Engle, RW
理解力和工作记忆容量之间正相关的原因尚不清楚。本研究通过对48名被试在复杂工作记忆任务中加工要求的难度进行等同化，检验了三个假设。即使处理难度相等，工作记忆测量中回忆的单词数量与理解之间的关系仍然很高且很重要。结果有利于一般能力的观点。我们认为，高工作记忆广度的主题有更多的有限容量的注意力资源，他们比低跨度的主题和工作记忆容量的个体差异将有影响的任何任务，需要控制的努力处理。
The causes of the positive relationship between comprehension and measures of working memory capacity remain unclear. This study tests three hypotheses for the relationship by equating the difficulty, for 48 individual subjects, of processing demands in complex working memory tasks. Even with difficulty of processing equated, the relationship between number of words recalled in the working memory measure and comprehension remained high and significant. The results favour a general capacity view. We suggest that high working memory span subjects have more limited-capacity attentional resources available to them than low span subjects and that individual differences in working memory capacity will have implications for any task that requires controlled effortful processing.