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Peer reviewedConners, Frances A.; Rosenquist, Celia J.; Atwell, Julie A.; Klinger, Laura Grofer – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
Nine adults with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and nine age- and IQ-matched adults with PWS completed standardized tests of long-term and short-term memory, visual and auditory processing, and reading and mathematics achievement. Contrary to previous findings, long-term memory in PWS subjects was strong relative to IQ and there was no evidence that…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Congenital Impairments, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedOzonoff, Sally; Strayer, David L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
This study compared working memory in 28 high-functioning autistic individuals (ages 7-18) with that of 30 individuals with Tourette Syndrome or typically developing. No group differences were found. Performance was significantly correlated only with age and IQ. Results suggest that working memory is not an executive function seriously impaired in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Autism, Children
Peer reviewedAckerman, Peggy T.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Children (N=20, age 9-12) with severe dyslexia were slower in counting from memory and naming alternating digits and letters than children with milder reading impairment. The children most disabled also had poorer phonological sensitivity, shorter digit spans, and lower verbal intelligence quotients. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Dyslexia, Elementary Education
