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A Systematic Review on Visual-Processing Deficits in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: What Possible Impact on Learning to Read? Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Marie Vernet, Stéphanie Ducrot, Yves Chaix
This systematic review aimed to examine the possible implication of visual-perceptual, visuo-attentional and oculomotor processing in the reading deficits frequently experienced by children with Ne...
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Preliminary Evidence for a Positive Relation Between the COMT rs4680 Met/Met Genotype and Math Achievement Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Yaira Chamorro, Adriana P. Mendizabal-Ruiz, Roberto A. Abreu-Mendoza, J. Alejandro Morales, María de Lourdes Ramírez-Dueñas, Esmeralda Matute
To identify if COMT polymorphisms interact with executive functions as predictors of math skills, we assessed 38 adolescents (mean age = 16.4 ± 0.80 years, IQ > 80) from a larger study of high-scho...
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Are Communication Skills, Emotion Regulation and Theory of Mind Skills Impaired in Adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia? Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Gonca Özyurt, Yusuf Öztürk, Serkan Turan, Remzi Oğulcan Çıray, Ezgi Karagöz Tanıgör, Çağatay Ermiş, Ali Evren Tufan, Aynur Akay
This study investigates pragmatic language impairment, Theory of Mind (ToM), and emotion regulation in adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia(DD). The Social Responsiveness Scale-2(SRS) and Childr...
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The Association of Speech/Language Risk With Phonological Awareness, Rapid Naming, and Reading Ability in Children With Cleft Lip and/or Palate Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Kathleen A Kapp-Simon, Claudia Crilly Bellucci, Meredith Albert, Mary O’Gara, Sarah Richards, Amy Morgan
Children with cleft lip and/or palate were assessed for speech, language, phonological awareness (PA), rapid naming (RN) and reading ability using standardized instruments at baseline (T1; N = 142,...
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Progesterone Levels in Adolescent Female Athletes May Contribute to Decreased Cognitive Performance During Acute Phase of Sports-Related Concussion Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Summer Ott, John Redell, Sukhnandan Cheema, Philip Schatz, Elizabeth Becker
Although many outcome studies pertaining to sports-related concussion exist, female athletes with concussion remain an understudied group. We examined whether neurocognitive performance in adolesce...
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The Challenges of Distinguishing Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome from Childhood Absence Epilepsy in Clinical Settings Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Akın Tahıllıoğlu, İ̇layda Baranokğlu Sevin, Zeynep İ̇rem Erbasan, Seda Kanmaz, Hasan Tekgül, Eyüp Sabri Ercan
We evaluated clinical parameters distinguishing cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) and childhood absence epilepsy (CAE). 40 children with CDS, 27 with CAE, and 41 controls aged 7-12 were compar...
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Parent-Report Sleep Disturbances and Everyday Executive Functioning Difficulties in Children with Tourette Syndrome Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Lisa Keenan, Jessica Bramham, Michelle Downes
There is an increasing need to identify and treat sleep disturbances in Tourette syndrome (TS), a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by tics. This study explored sleep, tics, and executive ...
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Time-Perception Deficits in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Kate B. Metcalfe, Corinna D. McFeaters, Daniel Voyer
The present meta-analysis quantified the deficit in time perception in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) throughout the lifespan and examined potential moderators of this deficit. Our...
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Attention Test Assessment from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Caregiver Training for Ugandan Preschool Children Living with Perinatal HIV Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Micaela Rice, Sevil Ozdemir, Itziar Familiar-Lopez, Ethan Godwills Arima, Jorem Awadu, Julius Caesar Ojuka, Michael J. Boivin
Fifty-six Ugandan mothers/caregivers received Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC) biweekly for one year; 46 mothers received treatment-as-usual. Preschool PHIV child attentio...
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Predictive Validity of the NIH Toolbox Executive Function Measures with Developmental Extensions from Early Childhood to Third Grade Achievement Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Rebecca Distefano, Alyssa R. Palmer, Amanda W. Kalstabakken, Cynthia K. Hillyer, Maureen J. Seiwert, Philip David Zelazo, Stephanie M. Carlson, Ann S. Masten
The National Institutes of Health Toolbox includes two executive function measures: the Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) and the Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test. Developmental e...
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Food cue reward salience does not explain Hyperphagia in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Menton M. Deweese, Elizabeth Roof, Alexandra P. Key
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is characterized by hyperphagia, an extreme and persistent hunger that emerges in early childhood. We used event-related potentials (ERPs) to objectively investigate bra...
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Clinical and Cognitive Features of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with Intellectual Giftedness: A Systematic Review Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Inès Despature, Adrián Galiana
A systematic review was carried out on publications from the last 15 years that have studied the effect of intellectual giftedness, defined as IQ > 115, on the clinical and cognitive features of AD...
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Exploring Executive Functioning of Adults With Probable Developmental Coordination Disorder Using the Jansari Assessment of Executive Functions Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 William P. Mayes, Ashok Jansari, Hayley C. Leonard
Many individuals with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) demonstrate executive functioning difficulties on standardized assessments, yet these difficulties have not been investigated using e...
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Observed Parenting and Adolescent Brain Structure Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Mary Ryan, Geraldine Cruz, Rachel Upton, Tara Chaplin
ABSTRACT Parent-youth relationships and parenting are critically important to adolescents’ development. The present study examined associations between parenting behaviors (which included observed parent emotion expression and negative and positive parenting behaviors during a parent-adolescent interaction) and adolescent brain structure, and sex differences in associations, in 66 12–14 year-olds.
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Longitudinal Predictors of Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children with Down Syndrome Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Deborah J. Fidler, Kaylyn Van Deusen, Mark A. Prince, Emily K. Schworer, Nancy R. Lee, Jamie O. Edgin, Lina R. Patel, Lisa A. Daunhauer
ABSTRACT This study examined longitudinal predictors of neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with Down syndrome (DS). Participants were assessed at Wave 1 during infancy on measures of looking behavior and caregivers provided infant sensory ratings. At Wave 2, child-age participants completed a developmental assessment and caregivers provided ratings of executive function, ADHD symptoms, and autism
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Neurophysiological Correlates of Reading Difficulties in Elementary School Children Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Huilin Sun, Qinxin Shi, Saeedeh Pazoki, Yajun Jia, Steven Woltering
ABSTRACT The present study examined the event-related potentials (ERPs) and reading-language skills of elementary school children with and without reading difficulties. Typically developing children showed an N400 effect characterized by significantly larger N400 amplitudes elicited by nonwords than real words. Their meaning processing shown by the N400 systematically differed by lexicality. On the
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Cognitive Development in Single-Suture Craniosynostosis – A Systematic Review Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 K Olsson, J Engman, D Nowinski, M Ramklint, M.A Frick
ABSTRACT There is conflicting evidence whether single-suture craniosynostosis (SSC), is linked to adversities of cognitive development. To assess the evidence for a link between SSC and cognition, a systematic literature search was conducted and eligible studies assessed for inclusion by two independent readers. Forty-eight studies met inclusion criteria. Small to medium but persistent effects on both
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Language Abilities are Associated with Both Verbal and Nonverbal Intelligence in Children on the Autism Spectrum Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Afik Faerman, Alaa Sakallah, Sara Skiba, Seemran Kansara, Brandon E. Kopald, Jeffrey David Lewine, Carly Demopoulos
ABSTRACT Intellectual abilities factor into levels of functioning used to characterize autism. Language difficulties are highly prevalent in autism and may impact performance on measures of intellectual abilities. As such, nonverbal tests are often prioritized in classifying intelligence in those with language difficulties and autism. However, the relationship between language abilities and intellectual
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The Interaction of Age at Diagnosis and Neurological Risk Predicts Adaptive Functioning Changes in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Rachel K. Peterson, Natasha N. Ludwig, Rowena Ng, Lisa A. Jacobson
ABSTRACT T-tests from 42 brain tumor patients showed adaptive functioning below normative means at both time points (test interval M=2.60y, SD=1.32). Neurological risk, time since diagnosis,age at diagnosis, age at evaluation, and time since evaluation were correlated with specific adaptive skills. There was a main effect of age at diagnosis, age at assessment, time since diagnosis, and neurological
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How is Cerebral Perfusion Associated with Functional Outcome in Pediatric Cancer Survivors? Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Kirstin Schuerch, Matthias Grieder, Valentin Benzing, Valerie Siegwart, Andrea Federspiel, Nedelina Slavova, Claus Kiefer, Jochen Roessler, Regula Everts
ABSTRACT Pediatric cancer survivors (PCS) experience functional difficulties and brain alterations. However, little is known about cerebral perfusion and its relationship to functional outcome (cognitive and motor performance) in PCS. We examined cerebral blood flow (CBF) in non-brain tumor PCS and the associations between CBF and age, as well as functional outcome. Forty PCS and 40 age-comparable
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An Evaluation of the Structure of Attention in Adolescence Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Paul T. Cirino, Abigail E. Farrell, Marcia A. Barnes, Greg J. Roberts
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the factor structure of attention, considering internal and external attention, and juxtaposed alongside processing speed (PS) and working memory (WM). We expected the hypothesized model to fit better than unitary or method factors. We included 27 measures with 212 Hispanic middle schoolers from Spanish-speaking backgrounds, where a substantial proportion were at risk
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Inhibition skills in children with developmental coordination disorder Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Teresa Joyce, Serena Vanzan, Nichola Stuart, Anna Barnett
ABSTRACT Background Inhibition (Response Inhibition – RI and Interference Control – IC) have been inconsistently examined in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) with response modalities often not considered. Aims To examine RI and IC in children with DCD. Method Twenty-five children 6-10 years with DCD, plus 25 matched typically developing peers completed motor and verbal RI and IC tasks. Results
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Childhood Executive Function Predicts Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adults With and Without Autism: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Ingrid Nesdal Fossum, Stian Orm, Per Normann Andersen, Hilde M. Geurts, Merete Glenne Øie, Erik Winther Skogli
ABSTRACT Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing individuals were assessed on three neuropsychological tests of executive function (EF) and on scales of autism symptoms and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing symptoms at baseline (T1; N = 88, Mage = 11.8 years, 73% males), 2-year (T2; 99% retention, Mage = 13.9 years), and 10-year follow-ups (T3; 75% retention
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The Effect of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ Mental Health, Social Lives, and Academic Achievement Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Megan A. Kumar, Neil A. Kumar, Christopher R. Brydges
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to discover the effects of COVID-19 on the mental health, academic life, social life of students and discover their interrelationships at a boarding school in New Jersey, USA. A majority of participants reported that COVID-19 had a negative effect on their mental health and social lives, felt well informed about COVID-19 cases on campus, and were unconcerned about
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Individual-Level Risk and Resilience Factors Associated with Mental Health in Siblings of Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Conditions: A Network Analysis Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Brittany Wolff, Vithor R. Franco, Iliana Magiati, Matthew N. Cooper, Rachel Roberts, Rachel Skoss, Emma J. Glasson
ABSTRACT Siblings of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) are exposed to unique family environments and experience a range of psychosocial risk and resilience factors. Networks of self-reported risk, resilience, and neuropsychiatric variables were estimated for siblings of individuals with (n = 235) and without (n = 480) NDCs (N = 715, mean age 22.40 years, 76% female, 74% White Caucasian)
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Performance and Symptom Validity in Outpatient Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluations Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Lauren M. Berrill, Quinton Quagliano, Timothy Boyce, Jacobus Donders
ABSTRACT This study aimed to clarify the value of using different types of validity measures in pediatric neuropsychological evaluations. We examined the relationship between performance (PVT) and symptom (SVT) validity tests as well as demographic variables and results from a screening test of learning and memory (i.e. Child and Adolescent Memory Profile [ChAMP]) in a mixed pediatric sample (n = 103)
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Association Between Screen Time of Mobile Devices and TV and School Readiness in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Uğur Tekin, Ömer Alpgan
ABSTRACT We aimed to investigate the relationship between screen time and school readiness. A total of 80 ppreschool children were included. Parents were interviewed about their children’s daily screen time. The Metropolitan Readiness Test was utilized. Results showed that the school readiness of those with a total screen time of 3 hours or less was significantly higher. TV time was inversely associated
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Neural Correlates of Visual Attention and Short-Term Memory in Children with Reading Difficulty Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Alexis F. Koffman, Erica Flaten, Amy S. Desroches, Richard S. Kruk
ABSTRACT Visual attention and memory of 20 children with reading difficulty (Mage = 134 months), 24 chronological (Mage = 138 months) and 19 reading-age controls (Mage = 92 months) were examined using object substitution masking; mask offset delay increases visual attention and visual short-term memory demands. ERP amplitude differences in the N1 (alerting), N2pc (N2-posterior-contralateral; selective
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The Relationship Between Executive Functions and Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors in Mexican Preschoolers Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Judith Salvador-Cruz, Jessica Paola Becerra-Arcos
ABSTRACT Executive functions allow the regulation of behavior and emotions. This study aimed to analyze the association of executive functions with externalizing and internalizing behaviors in 30 Mexican preschoolers with typical development (age M = 53.63 months; SD = 7.83 months; 40% girls) from homes of middle-low socioeconomic status. Behavioral and cognitive measures were used to assess executive
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Neuropsychological Disorders in Moderate Hyperphenylalaninemia: Literature Review Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 L. Paermentier, A. Cano, B. Chabrol, A. Roy
ABSTRACT Moderate hyperphenylalaninemia (mHPA) is a hydroxylase deficiency corresponding to phenylalanine levels, at newborn screening, below 360 μmol/l. The neurological impact of mHPA is usually considered to be very low, but few studies have investigated the neuropsychological profile of mHPA patients.A systematic review of the neuropsychological aspects of mHPA was therefore conducted.The results
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Working Memory and Manual Dexterity in Dyslexic Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Sara Edith Souza de Assis Leão, Guilherme Menezes Lage, Renan Pedra de Souza, Nathálya Gardênia de Holanda Marinho Nogueira, Ângela Maria Vieira Pinheiro
ABSTRACT Dyslexic children have impairments in working memory and manual dexterity. Studies have shown that when cognitive development has deficits, motor development is often impaired, indicating a strong interconnection between both domains, and the possibility of interference with each other’s proper functioning. Thus, a new literature review is necessary to understand which components of working
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Inhibitory Control in Male and Female Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Mackenzie N. Cissne, Katherine R. Bellesheim, Shawn E. Christ
ABSTRACT The present study examined potential sex- and age-related differences in inhibitory control in adolescents with and without ASD. A computerized flanker visual filtering task and a go/no-go task were used to assess the ability to resist interference from visual distractors (RIVD) and prepotent response inhibition, respectively. Overall, the ASD and non-ASD groups performed comparably on both
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Attentional Orienting in Working Memory in Children with ADHD Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Luísa Superbia-Guimarães, Michel Bader, Valérie Camos
ABSTRACT Children with attentional-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have impairments in working memory (WM) functioning. Impaired orienting of visual attention during encoding and/or maintenance is hypothesized as the cause of poor performance in visuospatial WM in 10-to-16-year-olds. We used a color-recognition task with valid location cues before encoding (pre-cues) and during maintenance (retro-cues)
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Linking Mild Childhood Adversity with Conflict and False Feedback Monitoring Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Yutong Liu, Huini Peng, Jianhui Wu, Naiyi Wang, Hongxia Duan
ABSTRACT It was proposed that dimensions of childhood adversity (i.e., deprivation and threat) have distinct effects on neural development and function. Present study examined the relationships between mild deprivation/threat and performance monitoring among undergraduate students without psychiatric diagnoses. By using event-related potentials (ERPs), 78 participants underwent a modified Flanker task
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Effects of Maternal and Child Lifetime Traumatic Stress Exposures, Infant Temperament, and Caregiving Quality on Preschoolers’ Executive Functioning Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Sophie Foss, Rachel P. So, Carter R. Petty, Deborah P. Waber, Rosalind J. Wright, Michelle Bosquet Enlow
ABSTRACT We examined effects of maternal and child lifetime traumatic stress exposures, infant temperament, and caregiving quality on parent ratings of preschoolers’ executive functioning (EF). Maternal lifetime trauma was associated with preschoolers’ EF problems; this association was mediated by greater child trauma exposure. Infant temperament was associated with EF abilities, particularly among
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Neuropsychological and Social Characteristics of a 7 Year Old Child with Hypomelanosis of Ito Followed for 11 Years Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-13 George P. Prigatano, Alexandra Novak, Vinodh Narayanan
ABSTRACT Hypomelanosis of Ito (HI) is a neurocutaneous disorder associated with central nervous system abnormalities, including speech delay and intellectual disability. The long term neuropsychological and social characteristics of these children are unknown. Neuropsychological observations and parental reports were obtained yearly on a child with HI from ages 7 to 18 years. Serial measures of intelligence
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Word Production Changes through Adolescence: A Behavioral and ERP Investigation of Referential and Inferential Naming Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Tanja Atanasova, Marina Laganaro
ABSTRACT Changes in word production occur across the lifespan, with adolescence representing a knot point between children’s and adults’ performance and underlying brain processes. Previous studies on referential word production using picture naming tasks have shown a completely adult-like pattern in 17-year-old adolescents and an intermediate pattern between children and adults in adolescents aged
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Cross-Cultural Performance Validity Testing: Managing False Positives in Examinees with Limited English Proficiency Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Sami Ali, Iulia Crisan, Christopher A Abeare, Laszlo A Erdodi
ABSTRACT Base rates of failure (BRFail) on performance validity tests (PVTs) were examined in university students with limited English proficiency (LEP). BRFail was calculated for several free-standing and embedded PVTs. All free-standing PVTs and certain embedded indicators were robust to LEP. However, LEP was associated with unacceptably high BRFail (20–50%) on several embedded PVTs with high levels
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Mechanical Properties of the Developing Brain are Associated with Language Input and Vocabulary Outcome Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Julie M. Schneider, Grace McIlvain, Curtis L. Johnson
ABSTRACT The quality of language that children hear in their environment is associated with the development of language-related brain regions, in turn promoting vocabulary knowledge. Although informative, it remains unknown how these environmental influences alter the structure of neural tissue and subsequent vocabulary outcomes. The current study uses magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) to examine
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Assessing performance validity during attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder evaluations: Cross-validation of non-memory embedded validity indicators Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Jenna E. Ausloos-Lozano, Hanaan Bing-Canar, Humza Khan, Palak G. Singh, Amanda M. Wisinger, Andrew A. Rauch, Caitlin M. Ogram Buckley, Luke G. Petry, Kyle J. Jennette, Jason R. Soble, Zachary J. Resch
ABSTRACT Embedded performance validity tests (PVTs) are key components of neuropsychological evaluations. However, most are memory-based and may be less useful in the assessment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Four non-memory-based validity indices derived from processing speed and executive functioning measures commonly included in ADHD evaluations, namely Verbal Fluency (VF) and
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Patience Is a Virtue: Theory of Mind Longitudinally Predicts Children’s Delay during School Transition Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Zhenlin Wang, Xiaozi Gao
ABSTRACT Four- to seven-year-old children participated in a battery of tasks assessing their theory of mind, conflict inhibition, and delay at time 1, and theory of mind and delay one year later at time 2. Cross-lagged analysis revealed that earlier theory of mind predicted later delay after controlling for earlier conflict inhibition and theory of mind, child age, and family socioeconomic status.
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Decision-making and Risky Behavior in Individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A 10-year Longitudinal Study Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Stian Orm, Yehuda Pollak, Ingrid Nesdal Fossum, Per Normann Andersen, Merete Glenne Øie, Erik Winther Skogli
ABSTRACT We assessed 85 children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and 50 typically developing children (TD) (Mage = 11.59, 57.8% boys) with the Hungry Donkey Task (HDT) at baseline and 2-year follow-up, and the Iowa Gambling Task at 10-year follow-up (75% retention). Improvement in the proportion of advantageous choices was observed from two- to 10-year follow-up, but the ADHD group
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Complex Congenital Heart Disease and Neurodevelopment. A Case Study of Fraternal Twins Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 María Paula Silva Sánchez, Jesús David Peña Hernández, Luz Stella Pinilla García, Gustavo Adolfo Contreras García, Mario Augusto Rojas, Luis Alfonso Díaz Martínez
ABSTRACT Congenital heart defects have been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes due to factors that result in a hypoxic-ischemic cerebral cumulative effect. We present a pair of fraternal twins: the first twin was healthy, and the second was born with a complex congenital heart defect (CCHD). They were followed for growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes to determine the comparative
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop? The Role of Inhibitory Control and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Childhood Conduct Problems and Aggression Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Mikaela D. Bonham, Erinn Hawkins, Allison M. Waters, Dianne C. Shanley
ABSTRACT Disruptive behaviors such as conduct problems and aggression are some of the most prevalent childhood psychological concerns. The etiology of disruptive behaviors is heterogenous and the relationships between the myriad risk factors that contribute to these problems are not yet fully understood. This study examined the relationship between inhibitory control and callous-unemotional traits
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The Association between Screen Time and Attention in Children: A Systematic Review Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-17 Renata Maria Silva Santos, Camila Guimarães Mendes, Débora Marques Miranda, Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva
ABSTRACT Electronic media pervade modern life. Childhood is a crucial period for attentional development and the screen exposure time is increasing. This review aimed to understand the association between screen time and attention of children with typical development. A systematic review was conducted in compliance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes PRISMA being
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Mirroring Communicative Actions: Contextual Modulation of Mu Rhythm Desynchronization in Response to the ‘Back-Of-Hand’ Action in 9-Month-Old Infants Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Sriranjani Karthik, Eugenio Parise, Ulf Liszkowski
ABSTRACT This study measured mu rhythm desynchronization (MRD), while nine-month-old infants observed an agent extend her arm and hand, palm up (‘back-of-hand action’) either in social (object and recipient present), individual (object present, recipient absent), or social object-absent (recipient present, object absent) situations across two experiments. In addition, infants’ MRD was measured as they
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Anxiety and Spatial Navigation in Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Emily K. Farran, Kerry D. Hudson, Amelia Bennett, Aan Ameen, Iliana Misheva, Badri Bechlem, Mark Blades, Yannick Courbois
ABSTRACT Individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) and individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) present with poor navigation and elevated anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between these two characteristics. Parent report questionnaires measured navigation abilities and anxiety in WS (N = 55) and DS (N = 42) as follows. Anxiety: Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale and a novel measure
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Failing Performance Validity Cutoffs on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) Is Specific, but Insensitive to Non-Credible Responding Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Shayna Nussbaum, Natalie May, Laura Cutler, Christopher A Abeare, Mark Watson, Laszlo A Erdodi
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine alternative validity cutoffs on the Boston Naming Test (BNT). Archival data were collected from 206 adults assessed in a medicolegal setting following a motor vehicle collision. Classification accuracy was evaluated against three criterion PVTs. The first cutoff to achieve minimum specificity (.87-.88) was T ≤ 35, at .33-.45 sensitivity. T ≤ 33 improved specificity
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The Role of Sleep-Disordered Breathing Symptoms in Neurocognitive Function Among Youth With Sickle Cell Disease Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Elise M. Turner, M.S. Natalie Koskela-Staples, B.S. Corinne Evans, L. Vandy Black, Shelley C. Heaton, David A. Fedele
ABSTRACT Objective: To examine associations between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and executive/attentional function in pediatric sickle cell disease (SCD). Methods: Sixty youth with SCD ages 8–18 years and caregivers completed the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ), Delis Kaplan Executive Function System Trail Making Test (DKEFS TMT), Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT), and the Behavior Rating Inventory
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Face Processing in School Children with Dyslexia: Neuropsychological and Eye-tracking Findings Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Maria Sundqvist, Martyna A. Galazka
ABSTRACT Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental difficulty affecting reading, but recent data in adults suggest that difficulties also extend to face processing. Here, we tested face processing in school children with and without dyslexia, using eye-tracking and neuropsychological tests. Children with dyslexia didn’t differ significantly from controls in face gaze patterns, face memory, or face identification
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Event-Related Potentials to Speech Relate to Speech Sound Production and Language in Young Children Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-02-08 Vanessa Harwood, Jonathan Preston, Alisa Baron, Daniel Kleinman, Nicole Landi
ABSTRACT This research was funded through the American Speech and Hearing Foundation’s 2012 StudentResearch Grant in Early Childhood Language Development awarded to Vanessa Harwood as well as an anonymous generous donation to Haskins Laboratories. Electrophysiological measures of language within early childhood provide important information about neurolinguistic development. We investigated associations
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The Frequency of Low Scores on ImPACT in Adolescent Student-Athletes: Stratification by Race and Socioeconomic Status Using Multivariate Base Rates Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-02-08 Jessica Wallace, Justin E. Karr, Philip Schatz, Phillip Worts, Tracey Covassin, Grant L. Iverson
ABSTRACT This study examined the associations between the frequency of low scores on the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Test (ImPACT) by race and socioeconomic status (SES), using the proxy of Title I school status, among adolescent student-athletes and calculated multivariate base rates. There were 753 participants assigned to groups based on race (White: n = 430, 59.8%; Black:
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Inhibitory Control, Conduct Problems, and Callous Unemotional Traits in Children with ADHD and Typically Developing Children Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-01-30 Daniel A. Waschbusch, Dara E. Babinski, Whitney D. Fosco, Sarah M. Haas, James G. Waxmonsky, Nancy Garon, Shana Nichols, Sara King, Darcy A. Santor, Brendan F. Andrade
ABSTRACT Compared children with CP/ADHD, CPCU/ADHD, ADHD-only, and controls on two measures of inhibitory control: a Simon/flanker task that measured response selection and a stop signal task that measured response inhibition. Results showed: (a) ADHD was associated with both measures of inhibitory control; (b) control children had better overall performance and ADHD-only had worse response selection
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P-MMR and LDN beside MMN as Speech-evoked Neural Markers in Children with Cochlear Implants: A Review Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-12-20 Zohreh Ziatabar Ahmadi, Saied Mahmoudian, Hassan Ashayeri
ABSTRACT This review mainly explores less-reported neural markers to speech-evoked contrasts in children with cochlear implants (CI). Databases and electronic journals were searched with keywords of “mismatch responses” AND “positive mismatch response” (p-MMR) AND “late discriminate negativity” (LDN). P-MMR likely is as a measurement of brain immaturity in CI children while the developmental trajectories
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Academic Performance and Emotional Intelligence with Age and Gender as Moderators: A Meta-analysis Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Fahad Somaa, Andleeb Asghar, Pousette Farouk Hamid
ABSTRACT Emotional intelligence has been considered an important construct by schools and universities because of its theoretical importance and practical implications. Considerable resources and time have been spent by the educational institutions to develop the emotional skills of their students. The present meta-analysis aimed at studying the relationship of emotional intelligence, including its
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Trajectories of Executive Functions and ADHD Symptoms in Preschoolers and the Role of Negative Parental Discipline Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-10-28 Eva Kühl, Sanne B. Geeraerts, Maja Deković, Kim Schoemaker, Tessa Bunte, Kimberly A. Espy, Walter Matthys
ABSTRACT In the present study, we investigated whether the longitudinal growth trajectories of executive functions (EF) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms are related. In addition, we investigated whether negative discipline moderated these longitudinal relations. The sample consisted of predominantly clinically referred preschoolers (N = 248, age 42–66 months at Time 1; 79
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Distinct Latent Profiles of Working Memory and Processing Speed in Adults with ADHD Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-11-06 Sophie I. Leib, Richard D. Keezer, Brian M. Cerny, Lindsey R. Holbrook, Virginia T. Gallagher, Kyle J. Jennette, Gabriel P. Ovsiew, Jason R. Soble
ABSTRACT This study examined the neuropsychological profile of patients with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) based on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) working memory and processing speed indices. We aimed to establish whether distinct ADHD subtypes emerge based on neuropsychological testing and determine whether ADHD subgroups differ based on neurocognitive
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A Cross-Cultural Examination of Parental Knowledge of Concussion in Three Countries Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Sarah Friedman, Gustav Luke Hensel, Gal Dubnov-Raz, Philip Schatz
ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to examine and compare knowledge regarding concussion among parents of youth soccer players, ages 5–17, from the United States, Israel, and Sicily. Results revealed parents from the United States were more knowledgeable than Israeli and Sicilian parents and were more likely to have a previous history of concussion in their children, themselves, and their social
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The Prominence of Self-referential Processing across ERP and Memory Consolidation in Children Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-10-25 Anna Hudson, Emma S. Green, McLennon J.G. Wilson, Roxane J. Itier, Heather A. Henderson
ABSTRACT We examined behavioral and electrophysiological indices of self-referential and valence processing during a Self-Referential Encoding Task in 9- to 12-year-old children, followed by surprise memory tasks for self- and other-referential trait adjectives. Participants endorsed more positive than negative self-referential information but equally endorsed positive and negative information about
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Cumulative Risk, Protection, and Early Intervention: Neurodevelopment in Sibling Groups Exposed Prenatally to Substances Dev. Neuropsychol. (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Bianca C. Bondi, Debra J. Pepler, Mary Motz, Naomi C.Z. Andrews
ABSTRACT Mothercraft’s Breaking the Cycle is an early intervention program for substance-exposed children with neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities. Within three substance-exposed sibling groups (N = 8; 0–6 years), we 1) described longitudinal neurodevelopmental trajectories, 2) explored the balance of cross-domain cumulative risk and protection on neurodevelopment, and 3) generated hypotheses on how