?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Relationships+between+working+memory%2C+expressive+vocabulary+and+arithmetical+reasoning+in+children+with+and+without+intellectual+disabilities.&rft.creator=Henry%2C+Dr+Lucy&rft.creator=MacLean%2C+Ms+Morag&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.description=This+experiment+examined+the+relationships+between+working+memory+and+two+measures+of+achievement%2C+namely+expressive+vocabulary+and+arithmetical+reasoning%2C+in+children+with+and+without+intellectual+disabilities+(ID).++For+11-12-year-old+children+with+intellectual+disabilities%2C+memory+measures+tapping+the+central+executive+were+the+most+important+predictors+of+both+expressive+vocabulary+and+arithmetical+reasoning%2C+with+phonological+memory+making+a+small+additional+contribution+to+expressive+vocabulary.++For+mainstream+11-12-year-old+children%2C+phonological+memory+was+the+best+predictor+of+expressive+vocabulary%2C+whereas%2C+arithmetical+reasoning+ability+was+predicted+by+visual+memory+and+to+a+lesser+extent+phonological+memory.+The+third+group+of+children%2C+7-8-year-old+mainstream+children%2C+had+been+matched+on+mental+age+with+the+intellectual+disability+group.++For+these+children+the+most+important+predictor+of+expressive+vocabulary+was+phonological+memory%2C+with+a+small+additional+contribution+from+visual+memory.++Arithmetical+reasoning+was+best+predicted+by+memory+measures+tapping+the+central+executive+with+an+additional+contribution+from+phonological+memory.++These+results+suggest+that+different+working+memory+resources+are+used+by+children+of+varying+ages+and+ability+levels+to+carry+out+at+least+some+cognitive+tasks.+&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5913%2F1%2FEducational_and_Child_Psychology_2003.pdf&rft.identifier=++Henry%2C+Dr+Lucy+and+MacLean%2C+Ms+Morag++(2003)+Relationships+between+working+memory%2C+expressive+vocabulary+and+arithmetical+reasoning+in+children+with+and+without+intellectual+disabilities.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5913%2F