en روانشناسی Psychology پژوهشي Original Research Articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives</strong>: This study investigates the relationship between visual perception, working memory, and academic performance among middle school students with learning difficulties in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco. Specifically, it examines how these cognitive factors impact academic performance and highlights the importance of neurocognitive evaluation.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This study employed the Anoto DP-201 pen, a computerized tool used in neuropsychology, to assess visual perception and working memory. The research involved a sample of middle school students with learning difficulties and a control group. The ROCF-A test-copying phase was utilized to measure accuracy scores in visual perception tasks.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The learning-disabled group had a lower mean accuracy score (59.98&plusmn;11.34) than the control group (66.68&plusmn;3.72). Statistical analysis using an independent sample t-test indicated a statistically significant difference between the two groups (t=4.44, P<0.000), highlighting the disparity in accuracy scores in the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure (ROCF-A) test-copying phase copying phase.<br> <strong>Discussion</strong>: The findings suggest the critical role of neurocognitive evaluation in identifying students with deficits in visual perception and working memory. This study emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary diagnostic approach to effectively manage and remediate cognitive challenges in learners with learning difficulties. Using the Anoto DP-201 pen provides valuable insights into the neurocognitive profiles of students and supports targeted interventions to enhance academic performance.</div> Evaluation, Neurocognitive, Visual perception, Working memory, Digital pen (Anoto DP-201), School students, Moroccan 105 116 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2468-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mounir Bouzaboul bouzaaboulbouzmoun@gmail.com 0000-0002-4137-5648 No Interdisciplinary Research for Innovation in Didactics and Human Capital, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. Zakaria Abidli abidli@outlook.fr 0000-0003-2218-0447 No Department of Health Sciences, Education and Management, Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Technology Professions, Casablanca, Morocco. Driss Ait Ali driss.aitali@usmba.ac.ma 0000-0001-5043-9677 Yes Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology, Linguistics and Philosophy Laboratory, Faculty of Humanities-Saïs, Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. Younes Rami younesrami01@gmail.com 0000-0003-2313-8734 No Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology, Linguistics and Philosophy Laboratory, Faculty of Humanities-Saïs, Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. Jamal Amraoui dariss.aitali@usmba.ac.ma 0009-0007-0070-3768 No Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology, Linguistics and Philosophy Laboratory, Faculty of Humanities-Saïs, Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. Adil Hadri Adilhadriuniver@gmail.com 0009-0009-0094-1680 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, International University of Casablanca, Bouskoura, Morocco. Amèle El Achhab amele.elachhab@chaaletjonas.org 0009-0007-6762-6146 No Laboratory of Precision Medicine & One Health (MedPreOne), School of Medicine, Mohammed VI University of Sciences & Health, Casablanca, Morocco. Ziri Rabea rabea.ziri@uit.ac.ma 0000-0002-5223-8235 No Interdisciplinary Research for Innovation in Didactics and Human Capital, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. Francesco Chirico francesco.chirico@unicatt.it 0000-0002-8737-4368 No Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. Amelia Rizzo amrizzo@gmail.com 0000-0002-6229-6463 No Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. Kavita Batra kavita.batra@unlv.edu 0000-0002-0722-0191 No Department of Medical Education, Office of Research, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States. Rezvaneh Namazi Yousefi mrs.rezvanehnamazi@gmail.com 0000-0002-8013-2534 No Deputy of Research and Technology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Łukasz Szarpak lukasz.szarpak@gmail.com 0000-0002-0973-5455 No Department of Clinical Research and Development, LUXMED Group, Warsaw, Poland. Murat Yildirim muratyildirim@agri.edu.tr 0000-0003-1089-1380 No Department of Clinical Research and Development, LUXMED Group, Warsaw, Poland. Hicham Khabbache hichamcogn@gmail.com 0000-0001-9587-2829 No Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology, Linguistics and Philosophy Laboratory, Faculty of Humanities-Saïs, Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.