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The efficiency of working memory was measured with two versions of reading span tests, written in German and in French, using German/French bilingual subjects. The correlation between German and French versions was found to be highly significant (r = 0.85). Our results indicate that the efficiency of working memory for reading is independent of language, reconfirming the results obtained by Osaka and Osaka (1992).
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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under the International Project on Comparative Reading Behavior and by Grant 03801010 from the Ministry of Education to the second author.
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Osaka, M., Osaka, N. & Groner, R. Language-independent working memory: Evidence from German and French reading span tests. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 31, 117–118 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334156
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