WORKING MEMORY, MENTAL RETARDATION AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

The working memory refers to the use of temporary storage mechanisms during the performance of more complex tasks. The studies ot this subject show that individual differences in working memory might be related to the classical measurement ot intelligence. Theretore, the present analysis tries to ex...

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Authors: FLORES-MENDOZA, Carmen, COLOM, Roberto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2000
Country:Brasil
Institution:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repository:Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/6594
Online Access:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6594
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Retraso Mental
Inteligencia
Memoria de Trabajo
Dificultad de Aprendizaje
Mental Retardation
lntelligence
Leaming Difficulties
Working Memory
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Summary:The working memory refers to the use of temporary storage mechanisms during the performance of more complex tasks. The studies ot this subject show that individual differences in working memory might be related to the classical measurement ot intelligence. Theretore, the present analysis tries to explain that such differences may obey, among other things, the differences in the certain basic cognitive processes such as lhe speed of informative elements identification, or in strategi processes like the rehearsal use. This argument would be appropriate to explain the cases with cognitive deficits. However, the issue about work memory nature -if unitary or multicomponencial- is stili to be solved.