Cognitive Flexibility among Individuals with Down Syndrome: Assessing the Influence of Verbal and Nonverbal Abilities

Autor/inn/en	Campbell, Colin; Landry, Oriane; Russo, Natalie; Flores, Heidi; Jacques, Sophie; Burack, Jacob A.
Titel	Cognitive Flexibility among Individuals with Down Syndrome: Assessing the Influence of Verbal and Nonverbal Abilities
Quelle	In: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 118 (2013) 3, S.193-200 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1944-7515
DOI	10.1352/1944-7558-118.3.193
Schlagwörter	Verbal Ability; Preschool Children; Down Syndrome; Nonverbal Ability; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Ability; Verbal Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Neurological Impairments; Executive Function + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mündliche Leistung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Denkfähigkeit; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung
Abstract	The influences of verbal mental age (VMA) and performance mental age (PMA) on cognitive flexibility were examined among a group of participants with Down syndrome (DS), in order to disentangle the relative contributions of each. The impaired cognitive flexibility typically observed among individuals with DS in combination with uneven VMA and PMA development suggests an opportunity to further understand the developmental relationship between VMA, PMA, and cognitive flexibility. We examined the performance of 22 participants with DS on the Flexible Item Selection Task (FIST), used for measuring cognitive flexibility among preschoolers. Partial correlations revealed that only VMA was related to the FIST after controlling for PMA, highlighting the role of verbal abilities in the development of cognitive flexibility. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10