Η χωρητικότητα της βραχύχρονης μνήμης αντικειμένων, γνωστών και άγνωστων προσώπων σε ηλικίες παιδιών από 7 ως 11 χρονών

Περίληψη

According to the cognitive theories the capacity of the processing system is limited. The storage capacity of the short-term memory and is development depend? on the sym¬bolic systems to which each unit belongs. Two main questions, referring to the short-term memory, were investigated (I) Does the storage capacity of the short-term memory vary between objects and faces (known and unknown) which belong to the same symbolic sys¬tem and (2) How docs this capacity change with increasing age? In order to answer these questions, 150 subjects [aged 7-11 years) were tested with recognition tasks which involved objects and faces. The results indicated that the storage capacity differs not only between objects and faces but also between known and unknown faces (the highest performance was obtained in objects lower in known faces and the lowest in unknown faces).