Previous studies suggest that children with specific learning disorders (SLDs) have deficits in visual processing and working memory. The aim of this research was to investigate potential SLD-related visual working memory deficits based on a behavioral neuroscience method, using an eye-tracking measure. The participants included two groups of twelve children each: (1) with SLD (Mage = 10.92 years) and (2) without SLD (Mage = 12.50 years). For measuring visual working memory, a Corsi block computerized task was used, whereas eye-tracking was used for recording the fixation time, fixation duration, fixation frequency, saccade duration, saccade frequency, saccade amplitude, saccade latency, and saccade velocity. The analyses revealed a significant difference in indicators of the Corsi block performance (block span, memory span, and the total score), children with SLD displaying a poorer performance compared to those without SLD. Eye tracking data also illustrated differences between the two groups, indicating that children with SLDs displayed higher fixations frequencies, as well as lower saccade duration and lower saccade amplitude. Given these findings, further studies regarding neural mechanisms of the visual working memory in SLDs are needed for better clarification of such deficits

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