Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This comprehensive text summarises the working memory profiles of individuals with a range of neurodevelopmental disorders, and identifies means of alleviating the anticipated learning difficulties of children with working memory deficits.

Author: Tracy Packiam Alloway
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 07/24/2015
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780415653343

About the Author

Tracy Packiam Alloway is a psychologist at the University of Durham. She has worked with a variety of educational professionals and has published numerous articles on working memory and learning. She has also developed classroom-based tools that are widely used to identify and support children with memory impairments.

Susan Gathercole is a psychologist with over 20 years of experience in research on memory during childhood. She has written many articles for psychologists and teachers, is a founding co-editor of the journal Memory, and has developed several standardised tests of memory for children.