Neuropsychological and Educational Profile of Children with Dyscalculia and Dyslexia: A Comparative Study

Abstract This paper aims to compare the neuropsychological and educational profiles of Brazilian children with dyscalculia (n = 8), dyslexia (n = 13) and without learning disabilities (n = 12). The neuropsychological profile was composed of: (a) intelligence - assessed by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III); (b) attention - WISC-III Coding and Symbol Search subtests; (c) executive functions - Digit Span (backward order) and WISC-III Arithmetic subtests, Pseudoword Repetition Test for Brazilian Children, Stroop Test and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; (d) memory - WISC-III Digit Span subtest (forward order) and Rey Complex Figures. The educational profile was composed of reading, writing and mathematics, assessed by the Academic Performance Test and the Arithmetic Test. It was found that the groups with dyscalculia and dyslexia did not differentiate in any of the neuropsychological abilities, only in the reading and writing abilities. Neuropsychological variables that could explain these results were discussed.

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Selective, Sustained, and Shift in Attention in Patients with Diagnoses of Schizophrenia

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.2002.95.3f.1087 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 95 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1087-1095 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

H. Hagh-Shenas ◽

S. Toobai ◽

A. Makaremi

Keyword(s):

Performance Test ◽

Color Word ◽

Continuous Performance Test ◽

Diagnostic Value ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽

Attention Problems ◽

Continuous Performance ◽

Card Sorting ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting ◽

Sorting Test

Attentional deficits are a prominent aspect of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. The present study was designed to investigate attention deficit in a group of patients with diagnosis of schizophrenia. According to the segmental set theory suggested by Hogarty and Flesher, three aspects of attention problems, selective, sustained, and shift in attention, were studied. The 30 patients hospitalized on three psychiatric wards at Shiraz and Isfahan and 30 normal healthy subjects matched for age, sex, and years of education were administered a computerized Continuous Performance Test, Stroop Color-word Test, and Wisconsin Card Sorting test. Analysis showed patients performed more poorly than control subjects on measured aspects of attention. The acute/chronic classification did not predict differences in attention scores between subtypes of schizophrenia, while the positive/negative classification did. Paranoid, undifferentiated, and residual groups by subtypes of schizophrenia showed similar performance on the Continuous Performance Test, but were significantly different on errors on the Wisconsin Card Sorting test and on reaction time to Stroop stimuli in the incongruent color-word condition. Patients with paranoid diagnosis performed better than other subtypes on these tasks. Present results suggest that the Continuous Performance Test is valuable for differentiating of schizophrenia spectrum disorder, while scores on Stroop and Wisconsin card sorting may have better diagnostic value for differentiating subtypes of the disorder.

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Avaliação neuropsicológica das funções executivas de mulheres em estado de dependência química

ARCHIVES OF HEALTH INVESTIGATION ◽

10.21270/archi.v5i1.1296 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edilson Ramiro Freitas ◽

Rui Mateus Joaquim ◽

Maria de Lourdes Merighi Tabaquim ◽

Ana Paula Camargo

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Assessment ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽

Card Sorting ◽

Adult Intelligence Scale ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽

Trail Making ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting ◽

Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽

Sorting Test

Introdução: O funcionamento executivo preservado para a manutenção de comportamentos adaptativos é condição necessária para obtenção de desfechos clínicos favoráveis no tratamento de sujeitos em dependência química. A confirmação da hipótese de disfunção executiva pode fornecer subsídios ao tratamento comportamental, do sujeito com dependência química. Objetivo: O estudo consistiu na realização de uma avaliação neuropsicológica das funções executivas de mulheres dependentes químicas de cocaína ou crack. Método: A avaliação se deu através de anamnese/exame clínico, entrevistas e testes neuropsicológicos. Para a caracterização da amostra foi utilizado o Protocolo de Anamnese Neuropsicológica. A avaliação neuropsicológica das funções executivas consistiu da aplicação do Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Subteste Dígitos - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III), Blocos de Corsi, Trail Making Test (TMT), Stroop Test e o Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a fim de investigar oito componentes executivos, a saber: memória operacional, flexibilidade cognitiva, categorização, fluência verbal, atenção seletiva e alternada, rastreamento visuomotor e controle inibitório. Resultados: Os resultados permitiram concluir que mulheres com dependência química, pelo uso de cocaína e crack,apresentam disfunção executiva. Foram encontradas relações clinicamente significativas entre tempo de uso e déficits do funcionamento executivo, indicando que quanto maior o tempo de dependência, mais expressiva a disfunção executiva.Descritores: Função Executiva; Neuropsicologia; Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias.

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Brazilian preliminary norms and investigation of age and education effects on the Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Stroop Color and Word test and Digit Span test in adults

Dementia & Neuropsychologia ◽

10.1590/1980-57642015dn92000006 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 120-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Nicolle Zimmermann ◽

Caroline de Oliveira Cardoso ◽

Clarissa Marceli Trentini ◽

Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira ◽

Rochele Paz Fonseca

Keyword(s):

Executive Functions ◽

Digit Span ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽

Stroop Test ◽

Card Sorting ◽

Word Test ◽

Span Test ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting ◽

Education Effects ◽

Sorting Test

Executive functions are involved in a series of human neurological and psychiatric disorders. For this reason, appropriate assessment tools with age and education adjusted norms for symptom diagnosis are necessary. OBJECTIVE: To present normative data for adults (19-75 year-olds; with five years of education or more) on the Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (MWCST), Stroop color and word test and Digit Span test. Age and education effects were investigated. METHODS: Three samples were formed after inclusion criteria and data analysis: MWCST (n=124); Digit Span (n=123), and Stroop test (n=158). Groups were divided into young (19-39), middle-aged (40-59) and older (60-75) participants with five to eight years of education and nine years of education or more. Two-way ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses were used. RESULTS: Education effects were found in most variables of the three tasks. An age effect was only found on color naming and color-word naming speed from the Stroop test. No interactions were detected. CONCLUSION: In countries with heterogeneous educational backgrounds, the use of stratified norms by education to assess at least some components of executive functions is essential for an ethical and accurate cognitive diagnosis.

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Doença de Moyamoya: impacto no desempenho da linguagem oral e escrita

CoDAS ◽

10.1590/2317-1782/20162016010 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 661-665 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dionísia Aparecida Cusin Lamônica ◽

Camila da Costa Ribeiro ◽

Plínio Marcos Duarte Pinto Ferraz ◽

Maria de Lourdes Merighi Tabaquim

Keyword(s):

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽

Card Sorting ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting ◽

Sorting Test

RESUMO A Doença de Moyamoya (DMM) é uma forma incomum de doença cerebrovascular oclusiva que acomete artérias do sistema nervoso central, acarretando alterações adquiridas de linguagem e dificuldades na aprendizagem. O objetivo foi descrever habilidades de linguagem oral/escrita e cognitivas em menina com diagnóstico de DMM de sete anos e sete meses. A avaliação constou de entrevista com pais, Observação do Comportamento Comunicativo, Teste de Vocabulário por Imagem Peabody, Teste de Desempenho Escolar, Perfil de Habilidades Fonológicas, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Teste Gestáltico Visomotor Bender, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Até os seis anos e cinco meses, ocorreram dois episódios de acidente vascular encefálico (AVE) em região temporoparietal esquerda e direita e área frontal esquerda. Realizou cirurgia para revascularização e tratamento medicamentoso. Avaliações audiológicas e oftalmológicas indicaram normalidade. Cursa o segundo ano do ensino fundamental. Apresentou alterações na linguagem oral e escrita (silábico-alfabética); não nomeação de todos os grafemas; escrita e aritmética média-inferior e leitura inferior à primeira série; habilidades do processamento fonológico em nível pré-escolar. A avaliação psicológica indicou nível intelectual satisfatório, porém prejuízo no desempenho cognitivo em tarefas verbais e de execução, limitações nas competências gráfico-percepto-motoras e na organização sequencial lógica. Os episódios de AVEs trouxeram interferências no desempenho dos processos de aprendizagem pelas especificidades das áreas afetadas, interferindo na análise, integração e interpretação de informações auditivas e visuais relevantes para os processos de aprendizagem.

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Neuropsychological assessment of impulsive behavior in abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1590/s1516-44462009000100003 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 4-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

João Vinicius Salgado ◽

Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz ◽

Valdir Ribeiro Campos ◽

Suzana Silva Costa Abrantes ◽

Daniel Fuentes ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Continuous Performance ◽

Continuous Performance Task ◽

Card Sorting ◽

Performance Task ◽

Neuropsychological Profile ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting ◽

Sorting Test ◽

Alcohol Dependent

OBJECTIVE: Poor impulse control is thought to be one of the characteristics of alcohol addiction. The capacity to remain abstinent may be linked to cognitive bias related to three dimensions of impulsivity: motor, non-planning, and attentional impulsivity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the neuropsychological profile related to these impulsivity dimensions in alcohol-dependent patients within 15 -120 days of abstinence. METHOD: We compared 31 alcohol-dependent patients to 30 matched healthy controls regarding their performances on the Continuous Performance Task, the Iowa Gambling Test, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, each of which is thought to tax primarily one of the three dimensions of impulsivity just outlined. RESULTS: When compared to controls, alcohol-dependent patients presented more commission errors on the Continuous Performance Task; made more disadvantageous choices on the Iowa Gambling Test; and made more perseverative errors on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. There was no significant correlation between performance on these tests and the length of abstinence. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that deficits related to motor, non-planning and attentional components of impulsivity exist in alcohol-dependent patients, in the period immediately after acute alcohol withdrawal. These results may help guide interventions designed to prevent the risk of relapse in alcohol-abstinent patients.

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The Role of Shifting, Inhibition and Working Memory in Older Adults' Performance in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e512682013-588 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Nadia Gamboz ◽

Erika Borella ◽

Maria Antonella Brandimonte

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Working Memory ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽

Card Sorting ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting ◽

Sorting Test

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Dopaminergic Genes Polymorphisms and Prefrontal Cortex Efficiency Among Obese People - Whether Gender is a Differentiating Factor?

Current Molecular Medicine ◽

10.2174/1566524019666190424143653 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (6) ◽

pp. 405-418

Author(s):

Maciej Bieliński ◽

Natalia Lesiewska ◽

Roman Junik ◽

Anna Kamińska ◽

Andrzej Tretyn ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Prefrontal Cortex ◽

Executive Functions ◽

Tandem Repeats ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽

Variable Number ◽

Card Sorting ◽

Obese People ◽

Perseverative Errors ◽

Wisconsin Card Sorting ◽

Sorting Test

Background:Obesity is a chronic condition associated with poorer cognitive functioning. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a useful tool for evaluating executive functions. In this study, we assessed the association between dopaminergic gene polymorphisms: DAT1 (SLC6A3), COMTVal158Met, DRD4 (48-bp variable number of tandem repeats - VNTR) and WCST parameters to investigate the functions of the frontal lobes in obese individuals.Objective:To find the significant correlations between polymorphisms of DAT1, COMTVal158Met, DRD4 and executive functions in obese subjects.Methods:The analysis of the frequency of individual alleles was performed in 248 obese patients (179 women, 69 men). Evaluation of the prefrontal cortex function (operating memory and executive functions) was measured with the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Separate analyzes were performed in age subgroups to determine different activities and regulation of genes in younger and older participants.Results:Scores of WCST parameters were different in the subgroups of women and men and in the age subgroups. Regarding the COMT gene, patients with A/A and G/A polymorphisms showed significantly better WCST results in WCST_P, WCST_CC and WCST_1st. Regarding DAT1 men with L/L and L/S made less non-perseverative errors, which was statistically significant. In DRD4, significantly better WCST_1st results were found only in older women with S allele.Conclusion:Obtained results indicate the involvement of dopaminergic transmission in the regulation of prefrontal cortex function. Data analysis indicates that prefrontal cortex function may ensue, from different elements such as genetic factors, metabolic aspects of obesity, and hormonal activity (estrogen).

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