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T1 Effectiveness of a working memory intervention program in children with language disorders
A1 Acosta Rodríguez, Víctor Manuel
A1 Hernández Expósito, Sergio
A1 Ramírez Santana, Gustavo Mario
A2 Didáctica e Investigación Educativa
A2 Equipo de Investigación en Dificultades del Lenguaje ACENTEJO
K1 Language disorders
K1 lexical-semantic processing
K1 neuropsychological intervention
K1 quasi-experiment
K1 working memory
AB The aim of this study was twofold: first, to obtain a neuropsychological characterization of children with language disorders, and second, to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program on working memory. We used a pretest-instruction–posttest design, carefully identifying a sample of 32 children with language disorders whom we then evaluated for short-term verbal and visuospatial memory, verbal and visuospatial working memory, attention, processing speed, and lexical-semantic skills. We then implemented an intervention program on working memory consisting of 72 sessions of 15 minutes each, after which we repeated the neuropsychological assessment of these functions. Children with language disorders performed worse than children in the control group in all memory tasks evaluated and in the lexical-semantic processing task. After the intervention, children with language disorders showed a significant increase over their own previous performance in all variables. Children with language disorders show significant cognitive deficits and not just linguistic impairment. We offer conclusive findings on the effectiveness of the intervention program used. Finally, we obtained partial support for the existence of a causal link between improved performance on memory tasks and performance in a lexical-semantic task.
YR 2019
FD 2019
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RD 22-nov-2024