Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder

Purpose: Previous research into the working, declarative, and procedural memory systems in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) has yielded inconsistent results. The purpose of this research was to profile these memory systems in children with DLD and their typically developing peers....

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Main Authors: Jackson, Emily, Leitão, Suze, Claessen, Mary, Boyes, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC 2020
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93741
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author Jackson, Emily
Leitão, Suze
Claessen, Mary
Boyes, Mark
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Leitão, Suze
Claessen, Mary
Boyes, Mark
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description Purpose: Previous research into the working, declarative, and procedural memory systems in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) has yielded inconsistent results. The purpose of this research was to profile these memory systems in children with DLD and their typically developing peers. Method: One hundred four 5-to 8-year-old children participated in the study. Fifty had DLD, and 54 were typically developing. Aspects of the working memory system (verbal short-term memory, verbal working memory, and visual– spatial short-term memory) were assessed using a nonword repetition test and subtests from the Working Memory Test Battery for Children. Verbal and visual–spatial declarative memory were measured using the Children’s Memory Scale, and an audiovisual serial reaction time task was used to evaluate procedural memory. Results: The children with DLD demonstrated significant impairments in verbal short-term and working memory, visual–spatial short-term memory, verbal declarative memory, and procedural memory. However, verbal declarative memory and procedural memory were no longer impaired after controlling for working memory and nonverbal IQ. Declarative memory for visual–spatial information was unimpaired. Conclusions: These findings indicate that children with DLD have deficits in the working memory system. While verbal declarative memory and procedural memory also appear to be impaired, these deficits could largely be accounted for by working memory skills. The results have implications for our understanding of the cognitive processes underlying language impairment in the DLD population; however, further investigation of the relationships between the memory systems is required using tasks that measure learning over long-term intervals.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-937412023-12-19T09:17:29Z Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder Jackson, Emily Leitão, Suze Claessen, Mary Boyes, Mark Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Linguistics Rehabilitation SHORT-TERM-MEMORY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN NONWORD REPETITION IMPAIRMENT ATTENTION PROFILES MODELS YOUNG SLI Child Child, Preschool Cognition Humans Language Development Disorders Learning Memory, Short-Term Reaction Time Humans Language Development Disorders Cognition Learning Memory, Short-Term Reaction Time Child Child, Preschool Purpose: Previous research into the working, declarative, and procedural memory systems in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) has yielded inconsistent results. The purpose of this research was to profile these memory systems in children with DLD and their typically developing peers. Method: One hundred four 5-to 8-year-old children participated in the study. Fifty had DLD, and 54 were typically developing. Aspects of the working memory system (verbal short-term memory, verbal working memory, and visual– spatial short-term memory) were assessed using a nonword repetition test and subtests from the Working Memory Test Battery for Children. Verbal and visual–spatial declarative memory were measured using the Children’s Memory Scale, and an audiovisual serial reaction time task was used to evaluate procedural memory. Results: The children with DLD demonstrated significant impairments in verbal short-term and working memory, visual–spatial short-term memory, verbal declarative memory, and procedural memory. However, verbal declarative memory and procedural memory were no longer impaired after controlling for working memory and nonverbal IQ. Declarative memory for visual–spatial information was unimpaired. Conclusions: These findings indicate that children with DLD have deficits in the working memory system. While verbal declarative memory and procedural memory also appear to be impaired, these deficits could largely be accounted for by working memory skills. The results have implications for our understanding of the cognitive processes underlying language impairment in the DLD population; however, further investigation of the relationships between the memory systems is required using tasks that measure learning over long-term intervals. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93741 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00135 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Linguistics
Rehabilitation
SHORT-TERM-MEMORY
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
NONWORD REPETITION
IMPAIRMENT
ATTENTION
PROFILES
MODELS
YOUNG
SLI
Child
Child, Preschool
Cognition
Humans
Language Development Disorders
Learning
Memory, Short-Term
Reaction Time
Humans
Language Development Disorders
Cognition
Learning
Memory, Short-Term
Reaction Time
Child
Child, Preschool
Jackson, Emily
Leitão, Suze
Claessen, Mary
Boyes, Mark
Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder
title Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder
title_full Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder
title_fullStr Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder
title_full_unstemmed Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder
title_short Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder
title_sort working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder
topic Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Linguistics
Rehabilitation
SHORT-TERM-MEMORY
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
NONWORD REPETITION
IMPAIRMENT
ATTENTION
PROFILES
MODELS
YOUNG
SLI
Child
Child, Preschool
Cognition
Humans
Language Development Disorders
Learning
Memory, Short-Term
Reaction Time
Humans
Language Development Disorders
Cognition
Learning
Memory, Short-Term
Reaction Time
Child
Child, Preschool
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93741