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Direct linkEvan, Kidd – Topics in Language Disorders, 2013
This article reviews research that has investigated the role of verbal working memory (VWM) in sentence comprehension in both typical and atypical developmental populations. Two theoretical approaches that specify different roles for VWM in sentence comprehension are considered: (i) capacity-limit approaches, which treat VWM as a theoretical…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Sentences, Comprehension, Language Processing
Lum, Jarrad A. G.; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – Topics in Language Disorders, 2013
This review examined the status of long-term memory systems in specific language impairment (SLI)--declarative memory and aspects of procedural memory in particular. Studies included in the review were identified following a systematic search of the literature and findings combined using meta-analysis. This review showed that individuals with SLI…
Descriptors: Long Term Memory, Meta Analysis, Literature Reviews, Language Impairments
Schuchardt, Kirsten; Bockmann, Ann-Katrin; Bornemann, Galina; Maehler, Claudia – Topics in Language Disorders, 2013
Purpose: On the basis of Baddeley's working memory model (1986), we examined working memory functioning in children with learning disorders with and without specific language impairment (SLI). We pursued the question whether children with learning disorders exhibit similar working memory deficits as children with additional SLI. Method: In…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Children, Learning Disabilities, Speech Impairments
Mervis, Carolyn B. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Williams syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by deletion of approximately 25 genes on chromosome 7q11.23. Children with the syndrome evidence large individual differences in both broad language and reading abilities. Nevertheless, as a group, children with this syndrome show a consistent pattern characterized by relative…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonics, Short Term Memory, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedCowan, Nelson – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
A review of the concepts of short-term memory and working memory in contemporary cognitive psychology is applied to current research in language processing and language impairments. Unresolved theoretical issues are identified, including the role of speech production in short-term memory, the role of knowledge retrieval in short-term recall, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Language, Language Impairments, Language Processing
Peer reviewedMontgomery, James W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article examines the construct of working memory and its relationship to sentence comprehension difficulties of children with specific language impairment. Some sentence comprehension problems of these children may be related to inefficient management of working memory resources. Techniques for assessing working memory and enhancing the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Evaluation Methods
