title: The effects of cognitive demand upon relationships between working memory and cognitive skills.
abstract: The present study explored the effects of cognitive demand upon relationships between working memory and cognitive skills. Both children and adults were tested on a measure of short-term memory and three measures of counting span, which varied in cognitive demand. When statistically controlling for short-term memory and the speed of counting operations, the more demanding the counting-span task, the closer its relationship with cognitive skills. The results are discussed in terms of practical and theoretical implications for working memory research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, UK.H.St-Ckair-Thompson@hull.ac.uk
authors.forename: Helen L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: St Clair-Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term