Working memory in children assessed by the Brown-Peterson Task Memória de trabalho em crianças avaliada pela Tarefa de Brown-Peterson

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dc.contributor.authorVaz I.A.
dc.contributor.authorCordeiro P.M.
dc.contributor.authorde Macedo E.C.
dc.contributor.authorLukasova K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T01:32:56Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T01:32:56Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractBackground: the working memory is a cognitive skill that contributes to adequate development of language and to the acquisition of reading and writing. A consistent evaluation of the working memory in pre-school and basic school children demonstrates to be important for the early identification of possible learning impairments. Aim: to evaluate the development of working memory along the first school grades of basic education and to verify the applicability of the Brown-Peterson Task in the assessment of this function in children. Method: 103 children, 63 males, with the mean age of 9.75, recruited from 1st to 6th grades of basic school participated in the study. The children were assessed with the Brown-Peterson Task, the Digit Span forward and the Digit Span Backward. The results were compared for the variables of gender, age and grade. Results: the score on the Brown-Peterson Task increased along the school grades and age groups. A linear decrease in scoring was observed in longer interference intervals. A positive correlation was found between the Brown-Peterson Task and the Digit Span, yet the Brown-Peterson Task proved to better differentiate school grades. Conclusion: the study confirmed that working memory development continues during the basic education years, indicating late maturation of related brain areas. The Brown-Peterson Task proved to be an adequate tool for the assessment of working memory in children.
dc.description.firstpage95
dc.description.issuenumber2
dc.description.lastpage99
dc.description.volume22
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/s0104-56872010000200005
dc.identifier.issn0104-5687
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/37262
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dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.subject.otherlanguageBasic education
dc.subject.otherlanguageMemory
dc.subject.otherlanguageOutcome assessment
dc.titleWorking memory in children assessed by the Brown-Peterson Task Memória de trabalho em crianças avaliada pela Tarefa de Brown-Peterson
dc.typeArtigo
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local.scopus.updated2024-05-01
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