Impact of Working Memory on Visual-Spatialability

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      Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks. Visual-spatial ability is the ability to mentally manipulate 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional figures.This study aimed to examinethe effect of working memory on visual-spatial ability.Data collected from 212 students, grade 7 th - 12 , usingComputerized Battery Test 1(CBT1) and Visual-Spatial AbilityTest (VSAT) to measure working memory and visual-spatial abilityrespectively. The data was analyzed bythe M-Plus Statistical Modeling Program.The results showed thatthere was a significantly effect from working memory onvisual-spatial ability (xth = 0.096, RMSEA = 0.029, CFI = 0.975, TLI = 0.969, SRMR = 0.049). So developing students’ working memory can enhancevisual-spatial ability.