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Francesca Woolgar
Researcher at Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Publications - 4
Citations - 99
Francesca Woolgar is an academic researcher from Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. The author has contributed to research in topics: Working memory & Working memory training. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 70 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesca Woolgar include University of Cambridge.
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How Common are WM Deficits in Children with Difficulties in Reading and Mathematics
Susan E. Gathercole,Francesca Woolgar,Rogier A. Kievit,Duncan E. Astle,Tom Manly,Joni Holmes +5 more
TL;DR: Children's learning abilities were associated with WM and the link with verbal WM was stronger for reading than mathematics and the majority of children with learning difficulties had WM deficits.
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Are Working Memory Training Effects Paradigm-Specific?
TL;DR: Transfer is constrained by working memory paradigm and the nature of individual processes executed within complex span tasks, however, within-paradigm transfer can occur when the change is limited to stimulus category, at least for n-back.
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Are working memory training effects paradigm-specific?
TL;DR: Transfer is constrained by working memory paradigm and the nature of individual processes executed within complex span tasks, however, within-paradigm transfer can occur when the change is limited to stimulus category, at least for n-back.
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Screening for Factors Influencing Parental Psychological Vulnerability During a Child's PICU Admission.
Francesca Woolgar,Lucy Wilcoxon,Nazima Pathan,Esther S. Daubney,Deborah K. White,Richard Meiser-Stedman,Gillian Colville +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a significant number of parents on PICU are potentially at risk of developing PTSD and/or depression postdischarge and that psychosocial factors, pretrauma and peritrauma, are stronger determinants of this risk, and of acute distress, than other variables.