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Practitioner Review: Short‐term and working memory impairments in neurodevelopmental disorders: diagnosis and remedial support
Author(s) -
Gathercole Susan E.,
Alloway Tracy Packiam
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01446.x
Subject(s) - remedial education , psychology , short term memory , working memory , term (time) , learning disability , cognitive psychology , williams syndrome , developmental psychology , cognition , psychiatry , physics , mathematics education , quantum mechanics
Background: This article provides an introduction to current models of working and short‐term memory, their links with learning, and diagnosis of impairments. The memory impairments associated with a range of neurodevelopmental disorders (Down's syndrome, Williams syndrome, Specific Language Impairment, and attentional deficits) are discussed. Methods: Methods of alleviating the adverse consequences of working and short‐term memory impairments for learning are identified. Conclusion: Impairments of short‐term and working memory are associated with learning difficulties that can be substantial, and that can be minimised by appropriate methods of remedial support.