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 …

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 …

Although reduced verbal span is well documented in individuals with developmental
dyslexia, the existing data on visual-spatial span are inconclusive. The aim of the present …

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 …

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 …

Developmental dyslexia, reading disability, and reading impairment all refer to unexpected
and unexplained poor performance in reading. Expected levels of reading performance can …

Beneventi, H., Tønnessen, FE, Ersland, L. & Hugdahl, K.(2010). Executive working memory
processes in dyslexia: Behavioral and fMRI evidence. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology …

This chapter reviews some of our studies suggesting that children with average intelligence,
but reading disabilities (RD), suffer deficits in specific activities of the executive system …

Behavioral studies indicate deficits in phonological working memory (WM) and executive
functioning in dyslexics. However, little is known about the underlying functional …

Children with developmental reading disabilities (RD) frequently display impaired working
memory functioning. However, research has been divergent regarding the characteristics of …