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When the hippocampus is damaged, it can impact on a child’s ability to remember past events and learn new information. Sometimes the child’s understanding might remain the same, but they simply cannot remember the information later on. We call this type of memory disorder developmental amnesia.
Memory disorders are a frequent consequence of a variety of childhood neurological conditions. We will review the characteristics of memory disorders as a function of the main four memory systems: short-term memory, episodic memory, semantic memory, and procedural memory.
Nov 7, 2011 · Some definitions: Working memory – which lasts seconds, usually associated with rehearsal and use of information and is associated with prefrontal cortex and angular gyrus. Episodic memory – which lasts minutes to years and is associated with the hippocampus and limbus.
Mar 30, 2020 · Memory impairments, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion. What Types of Memory Impairments are There in Children? Pediatric Education Uncategorized March 30, 2020. Patient Presentation. A 15-year-old male came to clinic with a history of head injury from a soccer game 8 days previously.
- What Is Working Memory, and Why Is It Important?
- What Is Working Memory Capacity?
- But What’s Developmentally Normal? Doesn’T Wm Improve as Children Get older?
- So How Can We Tell If A Child Has A Low Wm Capacity For His Or Her Age?
- What About Learning Disabilities and Developmental Disorders?
- Can We Improve Wm Performance by Playing Simple Memory Games?
- What Else Can We do?
- References: Wm in Children
Working memory, or WM, is a bundle of mechanisms that allows us to track information in real time. It’s what we use to plan and carry out an action — the mental workspace where we manipulate information, crunch numbers, or see with our “mind’s eye” (Cowan 2010; Miller et al 1960). I’ve seen many definitions, but two strike me as particularly helpfu...
Working memory capacity, or WMC, refers to how many items you can track at once. It isn’t very much, even if you happen to be a working memory whiz. In normal adults, the capacity limit typically ranges between 3 and 5 items (Cowan 2010). But, as you might guess, this individual variation is meaningful. People with larger capacities can juggle more...
Yes. When researchers have administered the same WM tests across different developmental stages, they’ve found evidence for steady improvement, with adults performing almost twice as well as young children (Gatherole et al 2004; Gatherole and Alloway 2007). For example, in WM tasks dependent on tracking items in a briefly-presented visual array, ad...
Researchers estimate that 10-15% of school age children are struggling with low working memory capacity (Holmes et al 2009; Holmes et al 2010; Fried et al 2016). How can we identify these kids? A professional diagnosis depends on administering special tests, like the Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children – Working Memory (CABC-WM), or the A...
Once again, there are links. For example, when kids suffer from dyscalculia (a mathematical learning disability), they tend to show weaker visuaol-spatial and “series order” WM skills (Attout and Majerus 2015: Menon 2016). Working memory problems can also make it more difficult for young children learning to read. Deficits in verbal WM have been li...
You might have heard of computer-based memory games that are supposed to enhance WM, or even IQ. Do they actually work? It depends on what you mean by “work.” For example, consider the computer-based training program developed by Cogmed. In one study, researchers identified kids with low WMC, and assigned these children to play a series of computer...
As Susan Gathercole and Tracey Alloway note, we can help children compensate for WM limitations in a variety of ways, including these: 1. We can break down tasks into smaller subroutines, so kids can tackle just one component at a time. 2. We can adjust the way we communicate, so we don’t introduce too much material at once, and provide children wi...
Alderson RM, Kasper LJ, Patros CH, Hudec KL, Tarle SJ, Lea SE. 2015. Working memory deficits in boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): An examination of orthographic coding and episodic buffer processes. Child Neuropsychol. 21(4):509-30. Alloway TP and Alloway RG. 2010. Investigating the predictive roles of working memory and IQ...
Some memory problems result from neurological disorders while others may be the result of stress, anxiety, fatigue, depression or other factors. This booklet is intended to provide an understanding of the stages of memory, the causes of memory problems and some strategies for dealing with them.
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Jan 1, 2013 · Memory disorders are a frequent consequence of a variety of childhood neurological conditions. We will review the characteristics of memory disorders as a function of the main four memory systems: short-term memory, episodic memory, semantic memory, and procedural memory.
