Practitioner review: verbal working memory development and its disorders.
Working memory refers to the systems responsible for the temporary storage and manipulation of information during the performance of cognitive tasks. There is a good deal of evidence that verbal short-term memory functions as a working memory system. We review advances in our understanding of the nature and limitations of verbal short-term memory and the reasons for its development with age, and go on to consider the common association between impairments of verbal short-term memory and other impairments of cognitive development. We conclude by considering the relationship between short-term memory development and cognitive development.
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Department of Psychology, University of York, U.K.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012691:Serial Learning; D013067:Speech Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning