Two experiments examined age-related differences in sequence learning using computerized versions of the D. O. Hebb (1961) paradigm. In this learning task, the participant executes immediate serial recall of 24 supraspan sequences. Without the participants' knowledge, 1 sequence is presented several times. Repetition leads to improved recall of this repeated sequence relative to random sequence...

Estimates of obesity prevalence based on the 2013 to 2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey average almost 40%, corresponding to a 7% increase from the 1999 to 2000 cycle. Similar alarming trajectories are reported worldwide, along with increasing concerns for related health risks. The traditional concept that obesity results from a mere imbalance between energy intake and energy...

Several well-known neuropsychological tests of working memory performance, hitherto thought to be unrelated, in fact share a common structure termed here the self-ordered selection paradigm. Examples include the subject-ordered pointing task, variants of the Corsi blocks test, the multiple-location search task, and the letter-recitation task. The defining features of the paradigm are outlined. ...

Do established predictors of children’s arithmetic performance differentially predict performance on timed versus untimed calculation tests? We investigated phonological awareness (i.e., CTOPP), phonological working memory (i.e., digit span), and visuo-spatial short-term memory (i.e., Corsi blocks) as predictors of timed and untimed calculation, both concurrently in Grade 1 (N= 116) and longitu...

Carlos Platas-Iglesias, Daniele M. Corsi, Luce Vander Elst, Robert N. Muller, Daniel Imbert, Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, Éva Tóth, Thomas Maschmeyer a and Joop A. Peters* a Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Catalysis, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: ( 31) 15 2784289 b Departamento de Química Fundamenta...

Working memory, the ability to store and manipulate information is of great importance for scholastic achievement in children. In this study, we report four studies in which preschoolers were trained on a visual-spatial working memory span task, namely the Corsi Block Task. Across all four studies, we found significant training effects for the intervention groups compared to active control grou...

With the goal of discussing how epigenetic control and chromatin remodeling contribute to the various processes that lead to cellular plasticity and disease, this symposium marks the collaboration between the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in France and the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Organized by Paolo Sassone-Corsi (UCI) and held at the Beckman ...

Finger gnosis, the ability to mentally represent one’s fingers, predicts numeracy in children (Penner-Wilger et al., 2007, 2009) and adults (Penner-Wilger et al., 2014, 2015). It has been argued that the relation may reflect visuo-spatial memory, rather than finger gnosis ability per se. This rival hypothesis was not supported in adults (Penner-Wilger et al., 2015), but here we examined it in c...

As touched upon briefly in the paper, many bandwidth measurements have three common features which facilitate their usage, even in challenging environments: (i) ease of administration; (ii) broad applicability; and (iii) ease of instruction. We begin by expanding on these characteristics in Appendix A. Appendix B provides details of four illustrative measurements of bandwidth: (a) Psychomotor V...