test Επιτελικές νοητικές λειτουργίες: η εφαρμογή ενός προγράμματος ενίσχυσης της εργαζόμενης μνήμης και της ταχύτητας επεξεργασίας σε μαθητή στο φάσμα του αυτισμού|Interdisciplinary Approaches to Education

Επιτελικές νοητικές λειτουργίες: η εφαρμογή ενός προγράμματος ενίσχυσης της εργαζόμενης μνήμης και της ταχύτητας επεξεργασίας σε μαθητή στο φάσμα του αυτισμού

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Published: Sep 29, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/....42114
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Keywords: Executive Cognitive Functions, Working Memory, Processing Speed, Intelligence, Education
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This Case Study concerns the implementation of a program to enhance working memory and processing speed in a student with autism spectrum disorder. The analysis of the results revealed by this specific research project reveals a small enhancement of working memory and a clear improvement in processing speed. Taking into account the evaluative reports of those involved in the student's educational process and the relevant bibliography (e.g. see Papadopoulos et al., 2018; Jensen, 2006) that link processing speed to the individual's general intelligence, this study, despite the inherent reservations that determine the small sample and make any generalization of its findings impossible, confirms the importance of the executive mental function of processing speed in learning more broadly and in the educational process in particular.

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