Summary: The effectiveness of learning from worked-out examples, in comparison to problem-solving, is presently explained by the Cognitive Load Theory: Learning from worked-out examples demands less cognitive capacity, more “room” for processes of ...
Capacity limitation and intellectual abilityAbstract.In a study examining the influence of cognitive capacity limitation on intellectual ability, 124 university students were subjected to 7 computer-based tests in which cognitive demands were manipulated ...
This paper provides a description of the web version of the Exchange Test and reports on the results of its psychometric evaluation. The Exchange Test is a measure of working memory capacity which is demanding to the central executive and storage units of ...
Abstract. The study investigates whether five often postulated attention abilities related to Posner's attention components (Posner & Boies, 1971; Posner & Rafal, 1987) - alertness, spatial attention, focused attention, attentional switching, and divided ...
Abstract. This paper provides an overview of the research into the cognitive basis of intelligence. This research explains cognitive abilities in terms of cognitive units or properties of such units. Furthermore, this research is characterized by the ...
Abstract. Although attention control accounts for a unique portion of the variance in working memory capacity (WMC), the way in which attention control contributes to WMC has not been thoroughly specified. The current work focused on ...