The Working Memory Storage State in Reading for Children and Adults

The visual working memory (WM) storage state theory posits that WM can be divided into two noncompetitive states: active states and passive states. However, it remains unclear how individuals store and process linguistic materials (e.g., words and texts) in distinct states during reading, which requires the integration of WM and semantic processing. The present study conducted four experiments which employed words and hypertexts from the sequential change detection paradigm to investigate the use of the WM Storage State in adults and children.
Details of the data are provided in excel, including the reaction time and correctness of the participants in the four experiments, as well as the covariates involved: working memory capacity, word reading fluency, prior knowledge, grade, etc.

视觉工作记忆（visual working memory, WM）存储状态理论提出，工作记忆可划分为两种非竞争性状态：活跃状态与被动状态。然而目前仍不明确个体在阅读过程中，如何在不同状态下存储与加工语言材料（如词汇与文本），这一问题需要整合工作记忆与语义加工的相关研究。本研究开展四项实验，采用序列变化检测范式中的词汇与超文本材料，探究成人与儿童对工作记忆存储状态的应用情况。
数据详情已在Excel文件中提供，包含四项实验中被试的反应时与正确率，以及所涉及的协变量：工作记忆容量、词汇阅读流畅度、先验知识、年级等。