Table 1 Mean (and standard deviation) scores obtained on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-III) and the Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA).

From: Spatial working memory is enhanced in children by differential outcomes

 

PPVT-III

AWMA

Raw Score

Mental Age

STM_VS

WM_VS_R

WM_VS_P

Low-attentional Task

 5-Year-Old-Group

53.3 (13.4)

7.1 (1.5)

105.4 (17.3)

113.1 (16.2)

114 (17.1)

 7-Year-Old-Group

79.8 (9.8)

10.7 (1.6)

104.1 (13.2)

118.9 (9.7)

113.5 (10.9)

High-attentional Task

 7-Year-Old-Group

85.2 (9.0)

11.9 (2.0)

108.6 (15.0)

108.9 (12.3)

105.0 (12.8)

  1. Note. The results obtained in the verbal tests of the AWMA (listening and verbal recall) are not included. PPVT-III = Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; AWMA = Automated Working Memory Assessment; STM_VS = Short Term Memory-Visuospatial (dot matrix test); WM_VS_R = Working Memory-Visuospatial Recall (spatial recall test); WM_VS_P = Working Memory-Visuospatial Processing (spatial recall test).
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