The deficit of verbal working memory in dyslexia children

VernacularTitle:阅读障碍儿童的言语工作记忆缺陷
Author: Wei ZHANG ; Hongyan SONG ; Xiangping LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Dyslexia; N-back; Updating; Working memory
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(5):448-450
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the deficit features of verbal working memory of dyslexia children by comparing with normal children. Methods Seventeen normal children and fifteen dyslexia children finished the classic verbal n-back task which involved three memory updating difficulty levels. Results Dyslexia children ((81.7±7.0)%,(70.8±12.0)%,(60.0±7.0)%)performed worse than NC ((88. 6 ±6. 0)% , (83. 5 ± 7.0)% ,(75.6 ±9.0)%)in all memory updating levels(n = 0,1 ,2) (P<0.01). In the performances related to memory updating operating,when the difficulty of the updating rised dyslexia children(25. 9 ± 12. 0)% revealed greater decline than normal children(14.2 ± 12.0)% (P<0.01). Conclusion Dyslexia children demonstrate the deficit in the basic level of working memory, which was showed as the bad performance of n-back task in updating level zero, and also they had problems in memory updating,which was showed as the greater updating effect. Memory updating was regarded as the advanced procession of verbal working memory.