Naslov
Working memory in blind and partially sighted Croatian adolescents

Autori
Poljan, Ida ; Žebec, Mislav Stjepan ; Kopilaš, Vanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Croatian Neuroscience Congress, E-Book of Abstracts, 2021 / - , 2021, 70-70

Skup
Croatian Neuroscience Congress

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.09.2021. - 25.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Blind and partially sighted children ; Working memory ; Cognitive abilities ; WISC-IV

Sažetak
Cognitive abilities of blind and partially sighted children have been understudied in Croatia, and there is very little research on it. Since working memory plays quite an important role in cognitive functioning, the goal of this research was to explore the status of working memory in blind and partially sighted Croatian adolescents. To do so, 195 adolescents ages 12 to 16 completed the Wechsler Intelligent Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV) at the Center for Education and Rehabilitation (CER) Vinko Bek. 75% of the participants were partially sighted, whereas the remaining 25% were blind. Males and females were represented in almost equal proportion. Participants’ scores on the Working Memory Index (WMI) were analyzed and compared to other factors including the age of the onset of the visual impairment, additional developmental difficulties, and professional help. Our findings showed a significant low negative correlation between WMI and age of the onset of the visual impairment, suggesting that later onset is related to lower WMI score. Moreover, there were significant differences in WMI between groups with and without additional developmental difficulties. Professional help appears to have low positive effect on the WMI performance. These scores included performances on the following WISC-IV subtests: Digit Span, Letter Number Sequencing and Arithmetic. Results showed that there were no significant differences in working memory performances in between blind and partially sighted adolescents.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti), Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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