Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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 Disorders" supports 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.

ISBN 1841695602   Pages 320 ISBN13 9781841695600 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 635 Imprint Psychology Press Ltd   Published in Hove Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 31 Aug 2006   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2006004232   Spine width (mm) 27 DEWEY 618.928   Academic level Undergraduate DEWEY edition DC22

1		Introduction by Tracy Packiam Alloway		1
2		Working memory in dyslexia by Susan J. Pickering		7
3		Short-term memory deficits in developmental dyslexia by Richard K. Wagner and Andrea Muse		41
4		Working memory and reading disabilities : both phonological and executive processing deficits are important by H. Lee Swanson		59
5		The role of working memory in specific reading comprehension difficulties by Rose K. Vukovic and Linda Siegel		89
6		Working memory and arithmetic learning disability by Maria Chiara Passolunghi		113
7		Short-term memory and working memory in specific language impairment by Lisa M. D. Archibald and Susan E. Gathercole		139
8		Working memory skills in children with developmental coordination disorder by Tracy Packiam Alloway		161
9		Working memory function in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Steve Roodenrys		187
10		Working memory in autism by Sylvie Belleville and Edith Menard and Laurent Mottron and Marie-Claude Menard		213
11		Short-term memory in Down syndrome by Christopher Jarrold and Harry R. M. Purser and Jon Brock		239
12		Working memory in Williams syndrome by Melissa L. Rowe and Carolyn B. Mervis		267

"This is a highly original book for which there are no obvious competitors. It explores the role of working memory deficits in a wide range of developmental disorders. There are other books on developmental disorders, or on working memory, but none I'm aware of with this conjunction of topics." - Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Oxford "It is really enjoyable to read an edited text where the theme is conceptual, rather than primarily "disorder-based". The central focus on working memory in the developmental context is topical, and highly relevant to the understanding of developmental disorders. To my knowledge there is no similar text available, and so this one makes a significant contribution. Methodologically, the text is strong, with all authors providing a strong empirical pace for their arguments." - Vicki Anderson, Professorial Fellow, Departments of Psychology & Paediatrics, University of Melbourne

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