Working memory capacity and text comprehension performance in children with dyslexia and dyscalculia: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Different research over the years has shown how the executive processes of Working Memory are a fundamental area that allows the performance of complex cognitive tasks such as language comprehension, reading, mathematical skills, learning or reasoning. Therefore, scientific evidence shows that they are altered in people with dyslexia and dyscalculia. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between semantic updating ability and reading comprehension depending on whether or not the information content had a mathematical character between the two disorders.

Methods

A Pilot Case Study was carried out for this purpose. The sample consisted of 40 participants aged 6 to 11 years, 20 of them with a diagnosis of dyslexia and the remaining 20 with a diagnos

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Resa P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10389090 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature