Examining the Relative Contribution of Memory Updating, Attention Focus Switching, and Sustained Attention to Children’s Verbal Working Memory Span
Table 3
Bivariate and partial correlations between composite scores of all experimental outcomes and age ().
Variables
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(1) Age
1
.463**
−.310*
−.651**
−.468**
.380*
.528**
(2) Updating accuracy
1
−.651**
−.727**
−.666**
.452**
.697**
(3) Switch cost accuracy
−.603**
1
.508**
.420*
−.430*
−.465**
(4) Updating speed on switch
−.632**
.424*
1
.694**
−.611**
−.677**
(5) Switch cost RT
−.574**
.327*
.581**
1
−.441**
−.485**
(6) Sustained attention (prime)
.337*
−.355*
−.518**
−.322*
1
.469**
(7) Verbal working memory span
.601**
−.373*
−.517**
−.317*
.342*
1
Correlation is significant at α = .01 (2 tailed); *Correlation is significant at α = .05 (2 tailed). Values below the diagonal represent partial correlations after controlling for age.
