Dyslexia and Working Memory
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Dyslexia and Working Memory
This accessible guide defines dyslexia through the lens of working memory and explores its consequent impact on cognitive overload in academic and workplace settings, as well as life generally. It combines evidence-based strategies and relevant guidance to help individuals with dyslexia manage challenges and foster long-term success.
A lifespan perspective on dyslexia and its effects beyond childhood literacy, using cognitive overload as a central explanatory model.
Drawing on decades of expertise alongside a large dataset of assessment results, this book offers an integrated, lifespan perspective on dyslexia and its lasting effects. It reframes dyslexia as an information processing difficulty, with working memory weakness at its core, leading to cognitive overload in learning, work, and everyday life.
Aimed at individuals with dyslexia as well as educators, coaches, counsellors, and career advisors, the authors provide practical, evidence-based recommendations for managing associated challenges with a particular focus on strategy development and the use of assistive technology.
Bridging neuroscience, cognitive psychology and educational psychology, the text promotes scientific understanding of dyslexia in all its manifestations.
Dyslexia and Working Memory by Alan Martin and David McLoughlin is an essential resource for those seeking to explore these themes and apply them in practical settings.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781009282659
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 413g
Pages: 182
About the Author
David McLoughlin is a registered educational and occupational psychologist. Director of the Independent Dyslexia Consultants, London, UK, as well as Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Buckingham. He has conducted thousands of differential assessments for both children and adults during a career of more than fifty years. Alan Martin is a chartered psychologist and former Dean of the School of Psychology at the University of Buckingham. Alan has carried out assessments with adults in education and employment at the Independent Dyslexia Consultants, London, UK for over fifteen years.
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