ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022
A Preliminary Examination of the Impact of Working Memory Training on Syntax and Processing Speed in Children with ASD.
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- Slower Processing Speed in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-analytic Investigation of Time-Based Tasks.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Investigating the Relationship between Working Memory and Grammar in Children with High-Functioning Autism.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2026Article
- Comprehension of Ditransitive Constructions in Mandarin-Speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Plus Language Impairment.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Brief Report: Longitudinal Trajectory of Working Memory in School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum: Period of High Plasticity and "Late Bloomers".Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Exploring Narrative Ability in Greek-Speaking Children with High-Functioning ASD: Associations with Memory and Attention.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Defining the Characteristics of Story Production of Autistic Children: A Multilevel Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- The Association Between Mother's Descriptive Language and Children with Autism's Conversational Repair: A Moderated Mediation Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Working memory training in autism: Near and far transfer.La Tunisie medicale · 2023Article
- Language in autism: domains, profiles and co-occurring conditions.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Review
- Working memory training in children with developmental language disorder: Effects on complex syntax in narratives.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
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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