Susan Gathercole
Susan Gathercole is the Unit Director at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.[1] She is a research psychologist, best known for her studies into working memory deficits in children. She has worked extensively with Professor Alan Baddeley, the co-creator, along with Professor Graham Hitch, of arguably the most well-researched working memory model.
Gathercole's findings have demonstrated the link between working memory deficits in children and poor academic outcomes.[2] Furthermore, she has contributed to recent research showing that working memory deficits can be overcome with computerised, adaptive working memory training.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/susan.gathercole/
- ^ Gathercole, S. E., Pickering, S. J., Knight, C., & Stegmann, Z. (2004). Working memory skills and educational attainment: Evidence from National Curriculum assessments at 7 and 14 years of age. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 40, 1-16.
- ^ Holmes, J., Gathercole, S. E., & Dunning, D. (2009). Adaptive training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children. Developmental Science, 12, F9-F15.
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