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Dyslexia and Working Memory- Part 1

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dyslexia and working memory part 1 working memory is one of the most important areas of a memory system it is essential for Learning and Development particularly in childhood everything's working memory capacity is a key indicator of dyslexia an educational evaluation will often describe a student with dyslexia as having a low working memory what is it working memory is like a mental workspace that stores and uses important information for short periods of time working memory is used for mental Patek dialing a phone number pulling a set of directions but it is very fragile the information to be loved what you can store in your working memory is limited to between five and seven chunks of information but those with dyslexia will often struggle to remember even three a limited working memory can make it appear that the child has not paid attention for example but they're getting part of the message or some of the directions people with dyslexia are often accused of being lazy because they failed to see X through to the end when in fact through no fault of their own they have simply forgotten what it is they have to do

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