Working memory in intact modalities among individuals with sensory deprivation

Heled, Eyal; Ohayon, Mayyan; Oshri, Or

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09558

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“…However, it is unclear whether there are additional factors, like the neurological predisposition of tactile low capacity, that contribute to poorer performance. Studies among sensory-deprived participants [49] found that people with deafness demonstrated better visuospatial WM but equal tactile WM, and people with blindness demonstrated better auditory and tactile WM when compared to persons with no hearing or visual impairment. These results support the suggestion that everyday practice may have the most impact on modality-related WM performance [49,50].…”

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Aging’s Effect on Working Memory—Modality Comparison

Heled,

Levi

2024

Biomedicines

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Research exploring the impact of development and aging on working memory (WM) has primarily concentrated on visual and verbal domains, with limited attention paid to the tactile modality. The current study sought to evaluate WM encompassing storage and manipulation across these three modalities, spanning from childhood to old age. The study included 134 participants, divided into four age groups: 7–8, 11–12, 25–35, and 60–69. Each participant completed the Visuospatial Span, Digit Span, and Tactual Span, with forward and backward recall. The findings demonstrated a consistent trend in both forward and backward stages. Performance improved until young adulthood, progressively diminishing with advancing age. In the forward stage, the Tactual Span performance was worse than that of the Digit and Visuospatial Span for all participants. In the backward stage, the Visuospatial Span outperformed the Digit and Tactual Span across all age groups. Furthermore, the Tactual Span backward recall exhibited significantly poorer performance than the other modalities, primarily in the youngest and oldest age groups. In conclusion, age impacts WM differently across modalities, with tactile storage capacity being the most vulnerable. Additionally, tactile manipulation skills develop later in childhood but deteriorate sooner in adulthood, indicating a distinct component within tactile WM.

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Aging’s Effect on Working Memory—Modality Comparison

Heled,

Levi

2024

Biomedicines

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“…Working memory was required when tracing the two straight lines consecutively. Children with visual impairment could be advantaged because working memory from processing somatosensory information was shown to be enhanced in blind individuals [37][38][39].…”

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confidence: 99%