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The impact of cognitive load on delayed recall

Camos, Valérie ; Portrat, Sophie

In: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2015, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 1029-1034

Université de Fribourg

Do goal cue and motor activity impact preschoolers’ working memory?

Fitamen, Christophe ; Blaye, Agnès ; Camos, Valérie

In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021, p. 1-16

Preschoolers are well known for their poor working memory (WM) performance. This could result from goal neglect, which would hamper the setting of maintenance strategies. Previous studies have shown that preschoolers’ WM performance can be improved in game-like tasks, because they provide cues to support goal maintenance. However, in these studies, it was unclear what features of the task...

Université de Fribourg

The role of goal cueing in kindergarteners' working memory

Fitamen, Christophe ; Blaye, Agnès ; Camos, Valérie

In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2019, vol. 187, p. 1-16

Goal neglect has been shown to contribute to kindergarteners’ poor executive control. Hence, presenting goal cues during a task improves children’s performance in inhibition and switching tasks. The current study aimed at extending these findings to working memory (WM) by examining the extent to which kindergarteners’ poor WM performance can result from neglecting the goal to recall...