Working Memory in Development

Valérie Camos is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Université of Fribourg, Switzerland.Pierre Barrouillet is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Director of the Archives Jean Piaget.

• Preface i-vPart 1: The role of working memory in development 11. The emergence of working memory in developmental psychology:From constructivism to cognitivism 42. Working memory in neo-Piagetian theories 313. Working memory in domain-specific developmental theories 56Part 2: The development of working memory 824. The evolving concept of working memory 855. Age-related increases in short-term maintenance 1026. The development of the executive control 1307. The sources of working memory development 159Part 3: Development in the Time-Based Resource-Sharing model 1788. Sources of development in the TBRS model 1809. The impact of a developing TBRS working memory on cognitive development 209Epilogue: Searching for cognitive development 238References 242

"Barrouillet and Camos’ Time-Based Resource-Sharing Model provides a much needed integration of findings on behavioral characteristics of working memory, their neural bases, and individual and developmental differences among people in its operation. The book is a tour de force and merits a wide audience." --Robert Siegler"Camos and Barrouillet have produced a highly readable exposition of their insightful theoretical account of working memory and its childhood development. The presentation is thorough even while being even-handed and relating the time-based resource sharing approach to other views. Working memory is the temporary mental access to information in a form that supports comprehension and production of language, as well as various kinds of problem-solving. For anyone interested in understanding how those processes develop and how the balance of remembering and forgetting shifts to allow cognition to grow with age in childhood, this book provides a useful starting point to launch into a deeper knowledge and understanding. It also provides a fertile ground for further research, with a stimulating summary of prospects for the future." --Nelson Cowan, University of Missouri, USA