2009/04/20 by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Gnanathusharan Rajendran, Lisa M. D. Archibald · 1 citation
Psychology · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Children's Physical and Motor Development #Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder #Reading and Literacy Development #Psychology #Working memory #Cognitive psychology #Developmental psychology #Short-term memory #Verbal memory #Cognition #Neuroscience
paper · doi:10.1177/0022219409335214
openalex publication_date 2009/04/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/17
The aim of the present study was to directly compare working memory skills across students with different developmental disorders to investigate whether the uniqueness of their diagnosis would impact memory skills. The authors report findings confirming differential memory profiles on the basis of the following developmental disorders: Specific Language Impairment, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Asperger syndrome (AS). Specifically, language impairments were associated with selective deficits in verbal short-term and working memory, whereas motor impairments (DCD) were associated with selective deficits in visuospatial short-term and working memory. Children with attention problems were impaired in working memory in both verbal and visuospatial domains, whereas the children with AS had deficits in verbal short-term memory but not in any other memory component. The implications of these findings are discussed in light of support for learning.