Cognitive and electrophysiological characteristics of children with specific language impairment and subclinical epileptiform electroencephalogram
| Autor: | Miodrag Stokić, Mile Vuković, Sanja Đoković, Vanja Nenadović, Miško Subotić |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population Context (language use) Cognitive profile Neuropsychological Tests Specific language impairment Audiology Electroencephalography behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology medicine Humans Neuropsychological assessment Child education Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Subclinical infection Language Disorders education.field_of_study Epilepsy Sharp and slow waves Fourier Analysis medicine.diagnostic_test Wechsler Scales Cognition medicine.disease Brain Waves Clinical Psychology Electroencephalogram Neurology Child Preschool Multivariate Analysis Female Neurology (clinical) Cognition Disorders Psychology Brain rhythms |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology |
| Popis: | The current study is a preliminary examination of cognitive profiles and cortical distribution of the spectral power of different electroencephalogram (EEG) rhythms in children with specific language impairment and subclinical epileptiform discharges. Although a number of empirical studies point to higher incidence of abnormal EEGs in children with specific language impairment, only a few studies were found examining electrophysiological characteristics, such as locus of discharges and connections with cognitive functioning in this population of children. The sample included 12 children with specific language impairment (SLI) and abnormal EEG who underwent testing of cognitive functioning using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). The control sample included 13 children with specific language impairment and regular EEG. Results point to lower scores on several subtests of the performance scale for children with abnormal EEG than for the group with regular EEG. Detailed EEG analysis of cortical distribution of the spectral power of different EEG rhythms partially confirms the results of neuropsychological assessment, pointing to abnormal function of frontal and temporal regions. Higher values of spectral power of the delta brain rhythm in frontal regions are associated with lower results on the WISC performance scale. Results are discussed in the context of subgroups of the population of children with SLI. |
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