Hiroyasu Shiozu, Daisuke Kimura, Ryoichiro Iwanaga, Shigeki Kurasawa
Participation as a Predictor of Quality of Life among Japanese Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Analyzed Using a Machine Learning Algorithm
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
cohort sequential study explored components working memory underlie english reading language acquisition elementary school children whose first language spanish end children n410 grades 1 2 3 wave 1 administered battery cognitive shortterm memory stm working memory wm rapid naming phonological processing random letter number generation vocabulary reading measures spanish english measures administered 1 2 years later results showed threefactor structure phonological stm visualspatial wm verbal wm captured data within language systems b growth executive stm storage components uniquely related growth second language l2 reading language acquisition c contribution growth executive component wm growth l2 processing independent growth storage phonological knowledge inhibition rapid naming speed results suggested growth phonological storage system supersede growth executive component wm major contributor growth childrens l2 reading language