Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

by Alloway; Tracy Packiam

• ISBN13: 9781841695600
• ISBN10: 1841695602
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-16
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Short-term or working memory - the capacity to hold and manipulate information mentally over brief periods of time - plays an important role in supporting a wide range of everyday activities, particularly in childhood. Children with weak working memory skills often struggle in key areas of learning and, given its impact on cognitive abilities, the identification of working memory impairments is a priority for those who work with children with learning disabilities. Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorderssupports clinical assessment and management of working memory deficits by summarising the current theoretical understanding and methods of assessment of working memory. It outlines the working memory profiles of individuals with a range of neurodevelopmental disorders (including Down's syndrome, Williams syndrome, Specific Language Impairment, and ADHD), and identifies useful means of alleviating the anticipated learning difficulties of children with deficits of working memory. This comprehensive and informative text will appeal to academics and researchers in cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and developmental psychology, and will be useful reading for students in these areas. Educational psychologists will also find this a useful text, as it covers the role of working memory in learning difficulties specific to the classroom.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
List of figures and tables	ix
Foreword	xi
1 Introduction	1	(6)
TRACY PACKIAM ALLOWAY
2 Working memory in dyslexia	7	(34)
SUSAN J. PICKERING
3 Short-term memory deficits in developmental dyslexia	41	(18)
RICHARD K. WAGNER AND ANDREA MUSE
4 Working memory and reading disabilities: Both phonological and executive processing deficits are important	59	(30)
H. LEE SWANSON
5 The role of working, memory in specific reading comprehension difficulties	89	(24)
ROSE K. VUKOVIC AND LINDA SIEGEL
6 Working memory and arithmetic learning disability	113	(26)
MARIA CHIARA PASSOLUNGHI
7 Short-term memory and working memory in specific language impairment	139	(22)
LISA M.D. ARCHIBALD AND SUSAN E. GATHERCOLE
8 Working memory skills in children with developmental coordination disorder	161	(26)
TRACY PACKIAM ALLOWAY
9 Working memory function in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	187	(26)
STEVE ROODENRYS
10 Working memory in autism	213	(26)
SYLVIE BELLEVILLE, ÉDITH MÉNARD, LAURENT MOTTRON. AND MARIE-CLAUDE MÉNARD
11 Short-term memory in Down syndrome	239	(28)
CHRISTOPHER JARROLD, HARRY R. M. PURSER. AND JON BROCK
12 Working memory in Williams syndrome	267	(28)
MELISSA L. ROWE AND CAROLYN B. MERVIS
Author index	295	(9)
Subject index	304