Visuospatial working memory abilities in children analyzed by the bricks game task (BGT)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21533141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giulia D’Aurizio (0000-0002-5669-6444, University of L'Aquila), Ilaria Di Pompeo (0009-0002-7250-1595, University of L'Aquila), Noemi Passarello (0000-0001-6785-1617, University of Naples Federico II), Emahnuel Troisi Lopez (0000-0002-0220-2672, Parthenope University of Naples), Pierpaolo Sorrentino (0000-0002-9556-9800, Aix-Marseille Université), Giuseppe Curcio (0000-0003-2248-781X, University of L'Aquila, corresponding author), Laura Mandolesi (0000-0002-3685-7554, University of Naples Federico II) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 2111-2119 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-0727 • E-ISSN: 1430-2772 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00426-023-01803-1 |
| PMID | 36800010 |
| OpenAlex | W4321167904 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 53 |
The study of the development of visuospatial memory processes is useful for devising personalized educational interventions as well as for understanding the changes in cognitive functioning in an era characterized by technological progress. The present research is aimed at investigating spatial working memory ability in children that attended the first three years of primary school by means of the Brick Game Task (BGT), a novel visuospatial working memory test. BGT is a small-scale ecological test inspired by behavioral walking tasks with nine white bricks in different spatial configurations as well as to Corsi Block-Tapping test. 228 Italian children (121 F ; mean age: 7.22 ± 1.18) were assigned to three groups based on the primary school class attended: Group 1 ( N = 85; 40 F ; mean age 6.18 ± .5), Group 2 ( N = 61; 36 F ; mean age 7.2 ± .83), and Group 3 ( N = 82; 44 F ; mean age 8.32 ± .94). All participants were asked to complete the Digit Span test, the Corsi Block-Tapping test, and to explore the three spatial configurations of the BGT with the form of Matrix, M-BGT, Cluster, CL-BGT, Cross, CR-BGT. MANOVA revealed a main significant effect for Group ( F 12,434 = 15.06; p
Audiology · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Memory span · Multivariate analysis of variance · Psychiatry · Statistics · Tapping · Working memory · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Engineering · Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Ecology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |