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Peer reviewedSiegel, Linda S. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1994
Examined relationships among working memory, memory span, and reading skills in children and adults. Found that working memory and short-term memory skills develop through adolescence, but working memory skills show declines in adulthood. Age-related declines in memory appear to be related to the task's processing demands, which may affect the…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedMessbauer, Vera C. S.; de Jong, Peter F. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2003
Investigated verbal and nonverbal paired associate learning among 8- to 11-year-old Dutch dyslexic children and chronological-age and reading-age controls. Found that dyslexic children had difficulty with verbal learning of words and nonwords. Phonological and general learning errors were distributed similarly for the reading groups. Found no…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Error Patterns
