AUTHOR=Kouvatsou Zoe , Masoura Elvira , Kimiskidis Vasilios 

TITLE=Working Memory Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis: An Overview of the Findings

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.866885

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.866885

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Although Working Memory and Information Processing Speed impairments in Multiple Sclerosis have been widely investigated, several questions, regarding the nature of these impairments and their relationship, remain unclear. The aim of this short communication article is  to present our research findings regarding a) the characteristics of Working Memory impairment in Multiple Sclerosis patients and, more precisely, the degree of impairment observed in each Working Memory’s component, i.e. phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, central executive and episodic buffer, and b) the relationship between Information Processing Speed and each of the four Working Memory components, in an attempt to expand the existing rather narrow understanding of the interconnection between reduced Information Processing Speed and Working Memory impairment. Two studies of our research team are presented here and their findings are briefly discussed, highlighting the importance of further research on a specific component, namely the episodic buffer component among Multiple Sclerosis patients.