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| Title |
Improving working memory in children with low language abilities
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00519 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joni Holmes, Sally Butterfield, Francesca Cormack, Anita van Loenhoud, Leanne Ruggero, Linda Kashikar, Susan Gathercole |
| Abstract |
This study investigated whether working memory training is effective in enhancing verbal memory in children with low language abilities (LLA). Cogmed Working Memory Training was completed by a community sample of children aged 8-11 years with LLA and a comparison group with matched non-verbal abilities and age-typical language performance. Short-term memory (STM), working memory, language, and IQ were assessed before and after training. Significant and equivalent post-training gains were found in visuo-spatial short-term memory in both groups. Exploratory analyses across the sample established that low verbal IQ scores were strongly and highly specifically associated with greater gains in verbal STM, and that children with higher verbal IQs made greater gains in visuo-spatial short-term memory following training. This provides preliminary evidence that intensive working memory training may be effective for enhancing the weakest aspects of STM in children with low verbal abilities, and may also be of value in developing compensatory strategies. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 147 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 141 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 18% |
| Researcher | 23 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 24 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 76 | 52% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 27 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2016.
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#7,544,407
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#11,036
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#91,147
of 264,357 outputs
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#235
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