Memory Abilities in Children with Mathematical Difficulties: Comorbid Language Difficulties Matter

Autor/inn/en	Reimann, Giselle; Gut, Janine; Frischknecht, Marie-Claire; Grob, Alexander
Titel	Memory Abilities in Children with Mathematical Difficulties: Comorbid Language Difficulties Matter
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 23 (2013), S.108-113 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2012.10.017
Schlagwörter	Children; Cognitive Ability; Mathematics; Learning Disabilities; Language Impairments; Comorbidity; Visual Perception; Attention; Memory; Logical Thinking; Intelligence Quotient; Short Term Memory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Denkfähigkeit; Mathematik; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Aufmerksamkeit; Gedächtnis; Intelligenzquotient; Kurzzeitgedächtnis
Abstract	The present study investigated cognitive abilities in children with difficulties in mathematics only (n = 48, M = 8 years and 5 months), combined mathematical and language difficulty (n = 27, M = 8 years and 1 month) and controls (n = 783, M = 7 years and 11 months). Cognitive abilities were measured with seven subtests, tapping visual perception, selective attention, memory, and reasoning, as well as full-scale-IQ. Children with difficulties in mathematics only differed in their cognitive abilities, not only from controls, but also from children with comorbid language difficulties. Children with mathematical difficulties only performed worse than controls in a selective attention measure, but not in any working memory measure, meanwhile children with difficulties in mathematics and language performed worse than controls in verbal working memory components, but not selective attention. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10