Age-Related Change in Visual Working Memory: A Study of 55,753 Participants Aged 8–75

Frontiers in Psychology

James R. Brockmole¹ 

关键词: visual working memory;    ageing;    binding;    objects;    internet;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00012

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Visual working memory (VWM) abilities of 55,753 individuals between the ages of 8 and 75 were assessed to provide the most fine-grain analysis of age-related change in VWM to date. Results showed that VWM changes throughout the lifespan, peaking at age 20. A sharp linear decline follows that is so severe that by age 55, adults possess poorer immediate visual memory than 8 and 9 year olds. These developmental changes were largely explained by changing VWM capacity coupled with small short-term visual feature binding difficulties among children and older adults.

【 授权许可】

CC BY