Why does working memory span predict complex cognition? Testing the strategy affordance hypothesis
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Why does working memory span predict complex cognition? Testing the strategy affordance hypothesis.
We introduce and empirically evaluate the strategy affordance hypothesis, which holds that individual differences in strategy use will mediate the relationship between performances on a working memory (WM) span task and another cognitive task only when the same strategies are afforded by both tasks. One hundred forty-eight participants completed basic memory tasks and verbal span tasks that aff...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memory & Cognition
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0090-502X,1532-5946
DOI: 10.3758/mc.36.8.1383