This study used data from 220 adults to examine the relations among 3 inhibition-related
functions. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that Prepotent Response Inhibition and …

The authors report data from a longitudinal study that addresses the relations between
working memory capacity and reading comprehension skills in children aged 8, 9, and 11 …

This study identified cognitive processes that underlie individual differences in working
memory (WM) and mathematical problem-solution accuracy in elementary school children at …

The relationship among working memory, mathematic ability, and the cognitive impairment
of children with difficulties in mathematics was examined. A group of children with difficulties …

In this timely and comprehensive text, Cesare Cornoldi and Tomaso Vecchi describe their
recently developed experimental approach to the investigation of visuo-spatial cognition …

This study had two major goals: to test the effect of administration method on the criterion
validity of a commonly used working memory span test, the reading span task, and to …

The present research examines the decline in working memory updating through age. Two
experiments compared groups of participants in different age ranges (young‐old, 55–65 …

In this chapter we consider the nature and the source of difficulties experienced by children
with a specific type of comprehension deficit, children who have developed age-appropriate …

The study investigates the relationship between memory updating and arithmetic word
problem solving. Two groups of 35 fourth graders with high and low memory-updating …

Publisher Summary Memory is a critical area of focus in the field of Learning Disabilities
(LDs) as it is linked to performance in several academic and cognitive areas. This chapter …