A steady increase in reading speed is the hallmark of normal reading acquisition. However, little is known of the influence of visual attention capacity on children's reading speed. The number of distinct visual elements that can be simultaneously processed at a glance (dubbed the visual attention span), predicts single-word reading speed in both normal reading and dyslexic children. However, t...

This study reports age-related declines in context maintenance (Braver et al., 2001) and semantic short-term memory (STM) and evidencc for a relation between the two. A group of younger and older adults completed a context maintenance task (AX-CPT), a semantically oriented STM task (conceptual span), a phonologically oriented STM task (digit span), and a meaning integration task (semantic anoma...

The study of Standardization of digit and spatial span tests for the elderly people in Korea Ho-Jeong Song Department of Psychology Graduate School of Seoul National University The Digit and Spatial Span Tests have been the practical and clinically efficient testings for the short-term memory. As short-term memory usually keeps stable in normal aging process, the decrease of short-term memory c...

The author reviews reemerging coconstructive conceptions of development and recent empirical findings of developmental plasticity at different levels spanning several fields of developmental and life sciences. A cross-level dynamic biocultural coconstructive framework is endorsed to understand cognitive and behavioral development across the life span. This framework integrates main conceptions ...

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a finite life span that is measured by the number of times the individual cell divides. The gene coding for one of several transcripts that are differentially expressed during the replicative life span has been cloned. The nucleotide sequence revealed an open reading frame capable of encoding a transmembrane protein of 411 amino acids that displays no sign...