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ArticleChild development2026

Social working memory in adolescence.

Karina Grunewald, Jack L Andrews, Susanne Schweizer

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Article in Child development, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Social Working Memory: a Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Karina GrunewaldSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Jack L AndrewsDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Susanne SchweizerSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Funding

Australian Research Council DE240101039Wellcome Trust 209127/A/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about how social network associations are tracked in cognition during adolescence, when social networks change in size and complexity. In 2023, 123 ethnically diverse adolescents and emerging adults (13-24 years; 52.9% female; 68.3% White; 18.7% Asian) completed a task measuring working memory (WM) differences for social and nonsocial network information. Additionally, this sample was combined with an existing sample recruited in the same year (N = 241, 18-65 years; 59.3% female; 64.7% White; 16.6% Asian) to investigate age-related differences in social and nonsocial WM performance. A WM advantage for social over nonsocial networks was observed across adolescence, emerging adulthood, and adulthood, especially for self-relevant social information (R2 = 0.01-0.02). Age was also positively associated with WM performance. Findings provide insights into how individuals learn about social relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood, the successful formation of which has lasting impacts on wellbeing.

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Adolescent DevelopmentMemory, Short-TermSocial NetworkingSocial PerceptionAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultadolescencesocial networkworking memory

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PMID41610025
PMCPMC13046068

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