The second half of the chapter introduces the Baddeley and Hitch (1974) working memory
model and argues that although this model has been in existence for over 30 years, it has …

Working memory impairments in dyslexia are well documented. However, research has
mostly been limited to the phonological domain, a modality in which people with dyslexia …

This paper reports a study contrasting dyslexic children against a control group of children
without special educational needs (SEN) and a group with varied SENs. Children's abilities …

For the future school performance of a child in the fields of literacy and numeracy, the
operational efficiency of working memory is a central predictor. Children affected by dyslexia …

There is long-standing evidence for verbal working memory impairments in both children
and adults with dyslexia. By contrast, spatial memory appears largely to be unimpaired. In …

Research findings concerning working memory impairment of children with learning
disabilities, poor readers, and individuals with severe learning difficulties are examined …

Elementary school children with reading disabilities (RD; n= 17), mathematical disabilities
(MD; n= 22), or combined reading and mathematical disabilities (RD+ MD; n= 28) were …

Purpose Compared to children with typical development, children with dyslexia,
developmental language disorder (DLD), or both often demonstrate working memory …

Specific working memory deficits have been documented for different learning disorders
(dyslexia, dyscalculia). Also children with attention deficit disorders (ADHD) have working …

Publisher Summary The concept of memory span has been a very powerful one, invoking
the notion of a particular mental space, or capacity, by which the participant is limited in his …