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Calub, Catrina A.; Benyakorn, Songpoom; Sun, Shuai; Iosif, Ana-Maria; Boyle, Lauren H.; Solomon, Marjorie; Hessl, David; Schweitzer, Julie B. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This pilot study sought to identify potential markers of improvement from pre-post treatment in response to computerized working memory (WM) training for youth (ages 8-18) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comorbid intellectual disability (ID) in a single arm, pre-post design. Participants included 26 children with ASD and 18 with comorbid…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Training, Youth, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Lanfranchi, Silvia; De Mori, Letizia; Mammarella, Irene C.; Carretti, Barbara; Vianello, Renzo – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The aim of the present study was to compare visuospatial working memory performance in 18 individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) and 18 typically developing (TD) children matched for nonverbal mental age. Two aspects were considered: task presentation format (i.e., spatial-sequential or spatial-simultaneous), and level of attentional control…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Disabilities, Visual Perception, Spatial Ability
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Bennett, Stephanie J.; Holmes, Joni; Buckley, Sue – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This study evaluated the impact of a computerized visuospatial memory training intervention on the memory and behavioral skills of children with Down syndrome. Teaching assistants were trained to support the delivery of a computerized intervention program to individual children over a 10-16 week period in school. Twenty-one children aged 7-12…
Descriptors: Intervention, Control Groups, Down Syndrome, Short Term Memory