Short-Term and Working Memory Skills in Primary School-Aged Children with Specific Language Impairment and Children with Pragmatic Language Impairment: Phonological, Linguistic and Visuo-Spatial Aspects

Autor/inn/en	Freed, Jenny; Lockton, Elaine; Adams, Catherine
Titel	Short-Term and Working Memory Skills in Primary School-Aged Children with Specific Language Impairment and Children with Pragmatic Language Impairment: Phonological, Linguistic and Visuo-Spatial Aspects
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 47 (2012) 4, S.457-466 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-2822
DOI	10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00148.x
Schlagwörter	Language Aptitude; Children; Language Impairments; Receptive Language; Pragmatics; Short Term Memory; Elementary School Students; Spatial Ability; Comparative Analysis; Scores; Autism; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Pragmalinguistik; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Autismus; Ausland
Abstract	Background: Children with specific language impairment (CwSLI) are consistently reported to have short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) difficulties. Aim: To compare STM and WM abilities in CwSLI with children with pragmatic language impairment (CwPLI). Methods & Procedures: Primary school-aged CwSLI (n = 12) and CwPLI (n = 23) were assessed on measures of STM and WM. Outcomes & Results: CwPLI had significantly higher scores than CwSLI on STM tasks, and this difference could not be accounted for by differences in receptive language ability. There were no between-group differences for WM tasks. The majority of CwSLI and a significant proportion of CwPLI scored in the impaired range on each of the memory measures. In contrast, some CwPLI scored within the normal range. Conclusions & Implications: CwPLI present with a different profile of STM but not WM ability to CwSLI. Clinical implications are discussed. (Contains 2 notes, 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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