Down Syndrome

Question 1

Mahoney et al. 1981

Answer 1

Children with DS have marked language difficulties even with sensorimotor accounted for - cog hypothesis is bull

Question 2

Brock + Jarrold 2005

Answer 2

Verbal + Visuo-spatial task - specific VST problem. Support for phonological loop?

Question 3

Mosse + Jarrold 2011

Answer 3

Against VSTM - new word learning not consistently impaired - once MA accounted for, typical word/non-word learning. Compensatory?

Question 4

Children with DS have marked language difficulties even with sensorimotor accounted for - cog hypothesis is bull

Answer 4

Mahoney et al. 1981

Question 5

Verbal + Visuo-spatial task - specific VST problem. Support for phonological loop?

Answer 5

Brock + Jarrold 2005

Question 6

Against VSTM - new word learning not consistently impaired - once MA accounted for, typical word/non-word learning. Compensatory?

Answer 6

Mosse + Jarrold 2011