Infant precursors of executive function in Down syndrome
| Autor: | Maninderjit Kaur, Lisa A. Daunhauer, Deborah J. Fidler, Emily K. Schworer, Mark A. Prince, A. W. Needham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030506 rehabilitation
Down syndrome Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population 03 medical and health sciences Typically developing Executive Function Cognition Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attention education Child education.field_of_study Developmental age business.industry 05 social sciences Rehabilitation Infant Chronological age medicine.disease Attention shifting Psychiatry and Mental health Neurology Action planning Neurology (clinical) Down Syndrome 0305 other medical science business 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRReferences. 66(1-2) |
| ISSN: | 1365-2788 |
| Popis: | Background. Though early features of infant cognition are predictive of executive function (EF) in typically developing (TD) children, there is little information regarding the developmental origins of EF in neurogenetic conditions, such as Down syndrome (DS). Methods. The current study compared the performance of infants with and without DS on four dimensions that are hypothesized EF precursors: attention shifting, sustained attention, processing speed, and action planning. The relationship between these EF precursors at Time 1 and EF performance at Time 2 (6 months later) was also examined in the DS group. Participants were 58 infants with DS, M chronological age = 11.32 months, SD = 3.50; M developmental age = 7.93 months, SD = 2.79, and 40 TD infants, M chronological age = 8.14, SD = 3.25; M developmental age = 8.18 months, SD = 3.51. Results. Results showed that infants with DS shifted their attention more slowly, looked at objects for longer durations, and demonstrated a longer latency to contact objects when compared to TD infants at Time 1. Attention shifting at Time 1 significantly predicted EF performance at Time 2 in the DS group. Conclusions. This study provides evidence that an early atypical presentation of EF precursors is detectable during infancy in DS and is predictive of subsequent EF performance. These findings contribute to the identification of areas of early cognitive risk in DS and can inform future interventions in this population. |
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