The relationship between working memory capacity and executive functioning: Evidence for a common executive attention construct.
Colorado State University · Washington University in St. Louis · +1 more institution
Abstract
Attentional control has been conceptualized as executive functioning by neuropsychologists and as working memory capacity by experimental psychologists. We examined the relationship between these constructs using a factor analytic approach in an adult life span sample. Several tests of working memory capacity and executive function were administered to more than 200 subjects between 18 and 90 years of age, along with tests of processing speed and episodic memory. The correlation between working memory capacity and executive functioning constructs was very strong (r = .97), but correlations between these constructs and processing speed were considerably weaker (rs approximately .79). Controlling for working…
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- 33.37
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- 100%
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5Topics & keywords
- Working memory
- Psychology
- Executive functions
- Cognitive psychology
- Attentional control
- Cognition
- Memory span
- Episodic memory