A Preliminary Examination of the Impact of Working Memory Training on Syntax and Processing Speed in Children with ASD

被引：15
作者：
Delage, Helene [1 ]
Eigsti, Inge-Marie [2 ]
Stanford, Emily [1 ,4 ,6 ]
Durrleman, Stephanie [1 ,3 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Geneva, Fac Psychol & Educ Sci, Dept Psycholinguist & Speech Language Therapy, 28 Blvd Pont Arve, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland
[2] Univ Connecticut, Dept Psychol Sci, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
[3] Univ Fribourg, Fac Sci & Med, Dept Med, 5 Chemin Musee, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
[4] Univ Geneva, Fac Humanities, Dept English Language & Literature, 12 Blvd Philosophes, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland
[5] Univ Geneva, Fac Humanities, Dept Linguist, 2 Rue Candolle, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
[6] Univ Milano Bicocca, Dept Psychol, 1 Piazza Ateneo Nuovo, I-20126 Milan, Italy
来源：
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS | 2022年 / 52卷 / 10期
基金：
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Autism spectrum disorder; Children; Working memory; Training; Syntax; Attention; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; SHORT-TERM-MEMORY; COMPLEX SENTENCE COMPREHENSION; HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM; LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; WH-QUESTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS; RELATIVE CLAUSES; DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES;
D O I：
10.1007/s10803-021-05295-z
中图分类号：
B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];
学科分类号：
040202 ;
摘要：
In addition to deficits in pragmatics, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have weaknesses in complex syntax and working memory (WM). These two deficits may be closely related. Previous work investigated the effects of WM training in developmental language disorders and showed significant improvement in both WM and syntax. The current study tests the impact of 12 h of WM training across 8 weeks in 30 children with ASD, aged 5 to 11. Results showed direct improvements on untrained WM tasks, as well as transfer effects to syntax and processing speed. Stronger WM led to better syntactic abilities. While they must be replicated, these exciting results provide impetus for further studies of WM interventions.
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页码：4233 / 4251
页数：19
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