... children. In particular, we examined the links between children’s word learning (a cross-situational learning task), selective attention (flanker task), inhibitory control (day-night Stroop task) while controlling for working memory (Corsi block task). We found that children learned the novel word-object...

... maintenance of information (i.e., short-term memory). Four tasks were used to assess temporary maintenance and manipulation of information (i.e., working memory). Using structural equation modeling, we modeled attentional control as the goal-directed nature of the working-memory tasks without...

... associates (e.g., panda - bear ) completely evaporated when participants’ working memory was taxed, whereas backward (e.g., baby - stork ) and symmetric associates (e.g., cat - dog ) showed no ill-effects of a secondary task. This was the case for relatively long and short stimulus onset asynchronies (i.e...