Neural dynamics of verbal working memory processing in children and adolescents

Abstract. Objective: Deficits in basic numerical skills, calculation, and working memory have been found in children with developmental dyscalculia (DD) as well as children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This paper investigates cognitive profiles of children with DD and/or ADHD symptoms (AS) in a double dissociation design to obtain a better understanding of the comorbidity of DD and ADHD. Method: Children with DD-only (N = 33), AS-only (N = 16), comorbid DD+AS (N = 20), and typically developing controls (TD, N = 40) were assessed on measures of basic numerical processing, calculation, working memory, processing speed, and neurocognitive measures of attention. Results: Children with DD (DD, DD+AS) showed deficits in all basic numerical skills, calculation, working memory, and sustained attention. Children with AS (AS, DD+AS) displayed more selective difficulties in dot enumeration, subtraction, verbal working memory, and processing speed. Also, they generally performed more poorly in neurocognitive measures of attention, especially alertness. Children with DD+AS mostly showed an additive combination of the deficits associated with DD-only and A_Sonly, except for subtraction tasks, in which they were less impaired than expected. Conclusions: DD and AS appear to be related to largely distinct patterns of cognitive deficits, which are present in combination in children with DD+AS. 

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Neural dynamics of verbal working memory in auditory description naming

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-018-33776-2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Toshimune Kambara ◽

Erik C. Brown ◽

Brian H. Silverstein ◽

Yasuo Nakai ◽

Eishi Asano

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Verbal Working Memory ◽

Neural Dynamics

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Male veterans with PTSD exhibit aberrant neural dynamics during working memory processing: an MEG study

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience ◽

10.1503/jpn.150058 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 251-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Timothy J. McDermott ◽

Amy S. Badura-Brack ◽

Katherine M. Becker ◽

Tara J. Ryan ◽

Maya M. Khanna ◽

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Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Neural Dynamics ◽

Memory Processing ◽

Male Veterans

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The effects of long-term stress on neural dynamics of working memory processing: An investigation using ERP

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/srep23217 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Yiran Yuan ◽

Ada W. S. Leung ◽

Hongxia Duan ◽

Liang Zhang ◽

Kan Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Neural Dynamics ◽

Memory Processing

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A-235 Construct validity of the National Institutes of Health Toolbox- Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) in children and adolescents with cerebral cavernous malformation, type 1 (CCM-1) and their non-affected relatives

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology ◽

10.1093/arclin/acaa068.235 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (6) ◽

pp. 1030-1030

Author(s):

Petranovich C ◽

Wilson K ◽

Gill D ◽

Morrison L ◽

Hart B ◽

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Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Oral Reading ◽

Processing Speed ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Word Reading ◽

Digit Span ◽

Memory Processing ◽

Wide Range

Abstract Objective This study assessed the convergent validity of the NIHTB-CB in a sample of children and adolescents with CCM-1 and non-affected relatives. Method Twenty-two participants with CCM-1 and 7 non-affected relatives completed the NIHTB-CB and traditional neuropsychological measures. The following domains were assessed: memory (NIHTB-CB Picture Sequencing Memory and Child and Adolescent Memory Profile- Screening Index), word reading (NIHTB-CB Oral Reading and Wide Range Achievement Test-4th Word Reading [WRAT-4 WR]),processing speed (NIHTB-CB Pattern Comparison and Symbol Digit Modalities Test), and attention/working memory (NIHTB-CB List Sorting and Digit Span). Results The non-affected group scored higher than the CCM-1 group on WRAT-4 WR (t = 2.68, p = .02) and NIHTB-CB Oral Reading (t = 2.18, p = .05). The groups did not differ on the other measures (p > .05). Pearson’s correlations ranged from .45 for memory to .81 for word reading, demonstrating adequate construct validity for memory, processing speed, and attention/working memory and good to very good for word reading. The NIHTB-CB was more likely to identify participants as impaired for memory (17.2% vs 6.9%) and processing speed (62.1% vs. 3.4%). The traditional attention/working memory measure was more likely to identify participants as impaired (27.6% vs 3.4%). Impairment rates were similar for the word reading measures. Conclusions Of the domains considered, convergent validity was best established for word reading. Although correlations were adequate, rates of impairment differed for memory, processing speed, and attention/working memory, suggesting that caution is warranted when comparing the NIHTB-CB to traditional measures in these areas.

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Disrupted Functional Brain Connectivity during Verbal Working Memory in Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia

Cerebral Cortex ◽

10.1093/cercor/bhq114 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 510-518 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

T. White ◽

M. Schmidt ◽

D. I. Kim ◽

V. D. Calhoun

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Brain Connectivity ◽

Verbal Working Memory ◽

Functional Brain

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Altered frontal-parietal functioning during verbal working memory in children and adolescents with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure

Human Brain Mapping ◽

10.1002/hbm.20741 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 30 (10) ◽

pp. 3200-3208 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

Elizabeth D. O'Hare ◽

Lisa H. Lu ◽

Suzanne M. Houston ◽

Susan Y. Bookheimer ◽

Sarah N. Mattson ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure ◽

Alcohol Exposure ◽

Verbal Working Memory ◽

Prenatal Alcohol

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Impact of birth complication and early medical illness on cognitive abilities and academic attainment of children and adolescents

Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences ◽

10.3329/dujbs.v22i2.46286 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 109-117

Author(s):

Mst Afroza Parvin ◽

Shaheen Islam

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Verbal Working Memory ◽

Academic Attainment ◽

Medical Illness ◽

Early Screening ◽

Developmental Factors ◽

Birth Complication ◽

Significant Difference

The study focused on birth complication and early medical illness as detrimental developmental factors having adverse impact on children and adolescents’ cognitive abilities and academic attainment. To assess cognitive abilities Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth edition (WISC-IV) was administered on 44 (26 boys, 18 girls) students of primary and secondary level schools of Dhaka city. The performance of last two consecutive school examinations was taken as a measure of academic attainment. The results revealed that higher percentages of students who had serious medical illness during early childhood demonstrated poor academic attainment. It has also revealed significant difference in students’ working memory as well as verbal working memory in terms of academic achievements and serious medical illness during childhood. The results of this study have implications for early screening of children with developmental risk factors for early identification of possible poor cognitive abilities and poor academic attainment. Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 22(2): 109-117, 2013 (July)

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