Stockport Inclusion Service
Memory
Working memory can be defined as
“the ability we have to hold and manipulate information in the mind over short periods of time.”
(Gathercole/Packiam Alloway, 2008)
Poor working memory is the source of many problems related to attention and exists alongside many other conditions:
attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, dyspraxia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, epilepsy, brain damage, foetal alcohol syndrome, prematurity, attachment disorders.