Objective Discriminative utility of performance measures of inhibitory control was examined in preschool children with and without ADHD to determine whether performance measures added to diagnostic prediction and to prediction of informant-rated day-to-day executive function. Method Children ages 4-5 years (N = 105, 61% boys; 54 ADHD, medication-naïve) were assessed using performance measures...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between breastfeeding, use of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-fortified formula and neuropsychological function in children. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Southampton, UK. SUBJECTS 241 children aged 4 years followed up from birth. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES IQ measured by the Wechsler Pre-School and Primary Scale of Intelligence (3rd edn), visual a...

BACKGROUND Hyperactive/Inattentive preschool children show clear evidence of neuropsychological dysfunction. We examined whether patterns and severity of test scores could reliably identify subgroups of preschoolers with differential risk for ADHD during school-age. METHOD Typically developing (TD: n = 76) and Hyperactive/Inattentive (HI: n = 138) 3-4 year olds were assessed annually for 6 ye...

BACKGROUND Evidence regarding the associations between sleep duration and quality, and neurocognitive function in adolescents remains scanty. This study examined the associations in early adolescence between: sleep duration; efficiency; fragmentation; wake-after-sleep-onset (WASO); catch-up sleep; intelligence; memory; and executive function, including attention. METHODS This study included 3...

Abstract Introduction Conventional sleep macro-architecture measures of disruption have not been associated with the adverse neurocognitive sequelae disordered breathing (SDB). Sleep spindles protecting sleeping brain from external sensory stimuli and can serve as markers integrity. We investigated relationship between fragmentation neurocognition across spectrum SDB in children. Methods Childr...

Este estudio descriptivo, con enfoque cuantitativo y diseño transversal buscó revisar algunas de las habilidades prelectura que tienen los estudiantes transición (preescolar) estratos 1 2 la región caribe colombiana como aspectos fundamentales preparación escolar temprana. Se utilizaron diversos instrumentos: IDEL, PLS 4, NEPSY II BOHEM-3. Las evaluadas fueron: comprensión auditiva, conciencia ...

The aim of the study was to identify features cognitive and emotional development preschoolers, which can be crucial in child’s acceptance by peers, as well his status group. Were identified factors related sociometric children those for ambiguous results were obtained (for example, speech development). As part empirical study, there made assessment language development, executive functions (su...

The present study examined preschool neuropsychological measures as predictors of school-age attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants included 168 children (91 males) who completed neuropsychological measures at ages 3 and 4, and who were evaluated for ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder at age 6. The Conners' Kiddie Continuous Performance Test (K-CPT), NEPSY Statue subt...

The arcuate fasciculus is a major white matter tract involved in language processing that has also been repeatedly implicated in intelligence and reasoning tasks. Language in the human brain is lateralized in terms of both function and structure, and while the arcuate fasciculus reflects this asymmetry, its pattern of lateralization is poorly understood in children and adolescents. We used diff...