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The Cognitive and Behavioral Characteristics of Children With Low Working Memory

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Alloway, Tracy Packiam, Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth, Kirkwood, Hannah, Elliott, Julian·2009·Child Development
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01282.x
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This study explored the cognitive and behavioral profiles of children with working memory impairments. In an initial screening of 3,189 five- to eleven-year-olds, 308 were identified as having very low working memory scores. Cognitive skills (IQ, vocabulary, reading, and math), classroom behavior, and self-esteem were assessed. The majority of the children struggled in the learning measures and verbal ability. They also obtained atypically high ratings of cognitive problems/inattentive symptoms and were judged to have short attention spans, high levels of distractibility, problems in monitoring the quality of their work, and difficulties in generating new solutions to problems. These data provide rich new information on the cognitive and behavioral profiles that characterize children with low working memory.

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Authors
Alloway, T. P., Gathercole, S. E., Kirkwood, H., & Elliott, J.
Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2009-03-01
Volume
80
Issue
2
Pages
606-621
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01282.x
OpenAlex
W1817671015
Cited by
491
References
23
FWCI
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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