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Short-Term Memory Deficits in Reading Disabled Children, in the Absence of Opportunity for Rehearsal Strategies.
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Cohen, R. L.; Netley, C. – Intelligence, 1981
Two groups of reading-disabled (RD) children were compared with controls (age- and IQ-matched competent readers), on a serial running memory task. RD children performed reliably worse than their controls due to an inability to encode serial items in the form of serial phonological patterns. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
An Analysis of Short-Term Memory Differences between Retardates and Nonretardates.
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Cohen, Ronald L.; Nealson, Judi – Intelligence, 1979
Retarded subjects were compared with mental- and chronological-age matched controls on serial short-term memory (STM) tasks. Retarded subjects were inferior to the control groups on both primacy and recency items, under two recall conditions. These data are discussed in relation to possible mechanisms underlying IQ-related individual differences…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences