scholarly journals Sleep spindle characteristics and sleep architecture are associated with learning of executive functions in school‐age children

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marije C. M. Vermeulen ◽  
Kristiaan B. Van der Heijden ◽  
Hanna Swaab ◽  
Eus J. W. Van Someren
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Sleep Architecture ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Sleep Spindle

Executive Functions in School-age Children: Influence of Age, Gender, School Type and Parental Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geise Machado Jacobsen ◽  
Clarissa Martins de Mello ◽  
Renata Kochhann ◽  
Rochele Paz Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Type ◽  
School Age

scholarly journals Peers Matter: Links Between Classmates’ and Individual Students’ Executive Functions in Elementary School

AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 233285841982943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna E. Finch ◽  
Elisa B. Garcia ◽  
Michael J. Sulik ◽  
Jelena Obradović
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
School Success ◽  
School Context ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
School Year

Students’ executive functions (EFs) are linked to school success. Although school-age children spend much of their time interacting with peers, few studies have explored how children’s classmates may promote EF development in elementary school. In this study, we test whether mean levels and variability in classmates’ EF skills are associated with growth in individual students’ accuracy and speed on EF tasks among third, fourth, and fifth graders (N = 806). We find that classmates’ speed, but not accuracy, on EF tasks is linked to significant improvements in individual students’ EFs over the school year. Classmates’ average EFs, as indexed by faster accurate responses on EF tasks, are associated with improvements in individual students’ speed on EF tasks. These results were robust to the inclusion of individual students’ general processing speed. In contrast, variability in classmates’ accuracy and speed on EF tasks was not associated with individual students’ EF growth. Our results highlight the role of peers and the school context for EF development in middle childhood.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Executive Functions and Prospective Memory in Primary School-Age Children with Symptoms of Subthreshold ADHD

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-67
Author(s):  
I.V. Zapesotskaya ◽  
Z.V. Chuikova
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Age ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Primary School Age

The article presents results of the research of relations between executive functions and prospective memory in primary school-age children with symptoms of subthreshold attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD). The ADHD Assessment Scale ― ICD-10 criteria (Sukhotina, 2008) and Observation Form for Recording ADHD Behaviors During Academic Performance in the Clinic or in School) (Carter, 1994) were used to assess the symptoms of ADHD. Cognitive functions were assessed using the Wisconsin Sorting Card Test (Grant & Berg, 1948), Сanum (Gutierrez-Martinez, 2018), Вlock span (Isaacs, Vargha-Khadem, 1989), Digit span-backward (Wechsler, 1997), and measurement by Ana B. Cejudo (Cejudo, 2019). 51 children were recruited, 27 subjects were 6–7 years old and 24 subjects were 10 years old. All participants were divided into 2 control groups (children with typical development) and 2 experimental groups (children with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD). Overall, it was found that children in the group of 6–7 years old with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD have no significant differences with children from the control group in basal components of executive function: working memory, cognitive flexibility and executive attention. However, they show a decrease in learning abilities, self-regulation and an increase of non-perseverative errors along with the fall of event-based prospective memory. Children in the group of 10 years old with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD also showed the fall of learning abilities and prospective memory. The results of correlation analysis show that subjects with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD have changes in the systemic ― functional level which appear as a decreasing amount of links between executive functions and features of prospective memory.

scholarly journals Sleep spindle and slow wave frequency reflect motor skill performance in primary school-age children

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca G. Astill ◽  
Giovanni Piantoni ◽  
Roy J. E. M. Raymann ◽  
Jose C. Vis ◽  
Joris E. Coppens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Slow Wave ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Wave Frequency ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Sleep Spindle ◽  
Skill Performance ◽  
Primary School Age

1891 – Apply eye-tracking research in diagnosing the level of executive functions in preschool and early-school age children

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
A. Orylska ◽  
E. Racicka ◽  
A. Brzezicka ◽  
T. Wolańczy ◽  
D. Karwowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Early School ◽  
Early School Age

scholarly journals Impact of Executive Functions and Parental Anxiety on the Development of Social Cognition in Premature Children: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Protocol

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Eutrope ◽  
Alexandre Novo ◽  
Coralie Barbe ◽  
Gauthier Loron ◽  
Anne-Catherine Rolland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Parental Anxiety ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Premature Children ◽  
The Impact

Background: Recent research has identified neuropsychological disorders, specifically executive function disorders, in premature children. Executive functions support goal-oriented mental activity and play a role in the development of social cognition. This underlies the social and emotional behavior of individuals. Parental anxiety is also an important environmental factor that can influence the psycho-emotional development of children.Objectives: The present protocol aims to compare the development of social cognition in school-age children born prematurely to that of school-age children born full-term, and to determine the impact of executive (dys)function and parental anxiety on such development.Methods/Design: In this cross-sectional protocol, 28 prematurely born children aged 7-10 years (“preterm”) and 28 full-term born children aged 7-10 years (“control”) will be included. The “preterm” and “control” groups will be matched for sex and age. The neuropsychological evaluation will include that of non-verbal intellectual efficiency (Raven's colored progressive matrices), verbal level (WISC-IV subtests), and executive functions (NEPSY II subtests and the opposite worlds of TEA-CH). The evaluation of social cognition will be conducted via tests of the theory of cognitive and affective mind. Several dimensions of the level of parental anxiety will be collected through the Spielberg Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y, Beck Depression Inventory, Social Support Questionnaire-6, Parental Stress Index and, specifically for mothers, the Modified Perinatal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Questionnaire.Discussion: The results of this protocol will aid our understanding of the development of social cognition in premature children and to determine the factors that influence such development. This clinical research project, although following a fundamental approach, will have clinical implications because a more precise description of the development of social cognition in this school-age population will make it possible to better determine the cognitive targets of therapeutic actions and to search for predictive indices of the efficacy of practices.Trial Registration:https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03007095, identifier: NCT03007095.

A Therapeutic Technique for the Improvement of Lingua-Alveolar Valving Abilities

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Paul Dworkin
Keyword(s):  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Bite Block ◽  
Therapeutic Technique ◽  
Remedial Program

This study was designed to determine if a remedial program using a bite-block device could inhibit hypermandibular activity (HMA) and thereby improve the lingua-alveolar valving (LAV) abilities of four school-age children who demonstrated multiple lingua-alveolar (LA) phonemic errors. The results revealed significant improvements in LAV and LA phoneme articulatory skills in all of the children who used the bite-block device to reduce HMA subsequent to comprehensive training sessions.

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