TY - JOUR
T1 - Working memory and autism
T2 - A review of literature
AU - Kercood, Suneeta
AU - Grskovic, Janice A.
AU - Banda, Devender
AU - Begeske, Jasmine
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by an American Cancer Society institutional grant, the University of Massachusetts Cancer Center, and the Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts/Memorial Heath Care.
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - Research studies that evaluated working memory with students with autism and other disorders were reviewed and summarized. Results suggest that persons with autism score lower on measures of working memory than do typical controls especially on tasks that require cognitive flexibility, planning, greater working memory load, and spatial working memory, and with increasing task complexity and in dual task conditions. Lower scores in verbal working memory were associated with greater problems in adaptive behavior and more restrictive and repetitive behavior. Children with autism were as likely as typical children to employ articulatory rehearsal (verbal WM). The format of WM tasks may determine whether or not performance is impaired. Implications for educational practice and future research are discussed.
AB - Research studies that evaluated working memory with students with autism and other disorders were reviewed and summarized. Results suggest that persons with autism score lower on measures of working memory than do typical controls especially on tasks that require cognitive flexibility, planning, greater working memory load, and spatial working memory, and with increasing task complexity and in dual task conditions. Lower scores in verbal working memory were associated with greater problems in adaptive behavior and more restrictive and repetitive behavior. Children with autism were as likely as typical children to employ articulatory rehearsal (verbal WM). The format of WM tasks may determine whether or not performance is impaired. Implications for educational practice and future research are discussed.
KW - Auditory working memory
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Visiospatial working memory
KW - Working memory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905182952&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.06.011
DO - 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.06.011
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84905182952
SN - 1750-9467
VL - 8
SP - 1316
EP - 1332
JO - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
JF - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
IS - 10
ER -