A Longitudinal Study of the Evolution of Working Memory amongst Interpreting and Translation Students at the FTI, University of Geneva

Diplôme Master A Longitudinal Study of the Evolution of Working Memory amongst Interpreting and Translation Students at the FTI, University of Geneva eng 2016 author Stead Andrew 822355 author Tripier Coralie 817208 director Seeber Kilian 0000-0002-7903-6246 513613 This study developed and tested the idea that training in simultaneous interpreting leads to the working memory advantage generally observed among interpreters. Answering the question of the working memory advantage possessed by interpreters, and its causal link with interpreting training, is of fundamental importance in the study of simultaneous interpreting. Very few studies in the field have been able to carry out a longitudinal study to test the evolution of working memory in interpreters. We conducted a longitudinal study consisting of two sessions of experiments designed to test working memory, in interpreting students at the University of Geneva and in a control group of translation students. Contrary to our expectations we did not observe significant changes in either test group, nor the expected working memory advantage. The results of our experiments, possible reasons for the unexpected outcome and areas to focus on in the future are discussed. Working Memory Simultaneous Interpreting FTI Longitudinal Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en interprétation de conférence 113 Département d'interprétation 93 false 8e16b51b-5011-4fdd-8cd2-ac702fb62189 Master thesis Public Thesis-Stead-Tripier Final.pdf 1224541 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département d'interprétation

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