“Are working memory models WEIRD? Testing models of working memory in a non- WEIRD sample": Correction to Cockcroft (2022).

Abstract

This study tested five possible models of the structure of working memory in young South African adults (n = 162; Mage = 20.41, SDage = 1.82, 38% female) who are multilingual, from predominantly low socioeconomic, largely rural, contexts. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that a four-component structure composed of domain-specific (verbal, visuospatial) storage and processing provided the best fit for the data. Neuropsychological tests and rehabilitation approaches are based on leading models of working memory, and so their cross-cultural appropriateness is important. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).