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Table 3 Memory factual knowledge; exemplar item with the source and reference

From: Development and validation of a metamemory maturity questionnaire in the context of English as a foreign language

Source

Reference

1. I think my memory has a limited capacity.

It was traditionally assumed that working memory (WM) capacity is an immutable individual characteristic, but research at the beginning of the 2000s showed that the WM capacity of children and young adults could be increased by using computerized training that allows more extensive training (often more than 12 h).

Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Jonides, J. & Perrig, W. J. (2008). Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. 105, 6829–6833.