Non-verbal intelligence outperforms selective attention in a visual short-term memory test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4407085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luis Anunciação (0000-0001-5303-5782, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Anna Portugal (0000-0003-3693-9979, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Ivan Rabelo (0000-0003-1344-4113), J Landeira-Fernandez (0000-0002-8395-8008, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-35 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-7972 • E-ISSN: 1678-7153 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s41155-021-00200-0 |
| PMID | 34783917 |
| OpenAlex | W3212264948 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
Short-term memory is a dynamic psychological process that operates within a network in which non-verbal intelligence and attentional domains are connected. However, no consensus has been reached about which process has the greatest effect on this memory ability, which was the main objective of the present study. A sample of 1448 Brazilian participants (mean age = 26.62 years, standard deviation = 9.97 years; 53.9% females) were collectively tested on pen-and-paper standardized and validated measures of selective (ROTAS-C), alternating (ROTAS-A), and divided (ROTAS-D) attention. They also performed the R1 Non-verbal Intelligence Test and a visual short-term memory test (Memória Visual de Curto Prazo [MEMORE] test). The statistical analyses consisted of a data mining procedure, in which exhaustive automatic selection screening was performed. The results were compared with Corrected Akaike Information Criteria. The linear model met the classic assumptions of ordinary least squares and only included main effects of selective attention (standardized β = 0.39) and non-verbal intelligence (standardized β = 0.37) as main predictors (F2,39 = 7.01, p < 0.01, adjusted R2 = 24%). The results are discussed within a cognitive psychology framework
Akaike information criterion · Audiology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Statistics · Term (time) · Test (biology) · Verbal memory · Visual memory · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Mathematics · Medicine · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |