scholarly journals Autism Risk GeneMETVariation and Cortical Thickness in Typically Developing Children and Adolescents

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 434-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Hedrick ◽  
Yohan Lee ◽  
Gregory L. Wallace ◽  
Deanna Greenstein ◽  
Liv Clasen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Cortical Thickness ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children

Cortical thickness of the frontopolar area in typically developing children and adolescents

NeuroImage ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 948-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon O'Donnell ◽  
Michael D. Noseworthy ◽  
Brian Levine ◽  
Maureen Dennis
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Cortical Thickness ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children

scholarly journals Observational Assessment and Maternal Reports of Motivation in Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Gilmore ◽  
Monica Cuskelly
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Observational Assessment ◽  
Typically Developing Children ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Maternal Reports

Abstract Despite a lack of consistent empirical evidence, there has been an ongoing assumption that intellectual disability is associated with reduced levels of motivation. The participants in this study were 33 children with Down syndrome ages 10–15 years and 33 typically developing 3–8-year-old children. Motivation was measured through observational assessments of curiosity, preference for challenge, and persistence, as well as maternal reports. There were no significant group differences on motivation tasks, but mothers of children with Down syndrome rated their children significantly lower on motivation than did parents of typically developing children. There were some intriguing group differences in the pattern of correlations among observations and parent reports. The findings challenge long-held views that individuals with intellectual disability are invariably deficient in motivation.

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