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. 2017 Jun 12:(124):55121.
doi: 10.3791/55121.

Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children - Working Memory (CABC-WM)

Kathryn Cabbage  1 , Shara Brinkley  2 , Shelley Gray  2 , Mary Alt  3 , Nelson Cowan  4 , Samuel Green  5 , Trudy Kuo  6 , Tiffany P Hogan  7
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Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children - Working Memory (CABC-WM)

Kathryn Cabbage et al. J Vis Exp. .

Abstract

The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children - Working Memory (CABC-WM) is a computer-based battery designed to assess different components of working memory in young school-age children. Working memory deficits have been identified in children with language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia1,2 and language impairment3,4, but it is not clear whether these children exhibit deficits in subcomponents of working memory, such as visuospatial or phonological working memory. The CABC-WM is administered on a desktop computer with a touchscreen interface and was specifically developed to be engaging and motivating for children. Although the long-term goal of the CABC-WM is to provide individualized working memory profiles in children, the present study focuses on the initial success and utility of the CABC-WM for measuring central executive, visuospatial, phonological loop, and binding constructs in children with typical development. Immediate next steps are to administer the CABC-WM to children with specific language impairment, dyslexia, and comorbid specific language impairment and dyslexia.

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