Benton visual form discrimination test in healthy children: normative data and qualitative analysis

Smirni, Daniela; Oliveri, Massimiliano; Turriziani, Patrizia; Martino, Giovanni Di; Smirni, Pietro

doi:10.1007/s10072-018-3297-2

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“…Six-year-old children proved able to identify the missing element to complete a continuous or discrete pattern, even in the presence of alternative choices as distractors, and from an early age, visuo-spatial attentive abilities implied in attentive problems of this cluster items appears sufficiently organised. These findings are consistent with a previous study [64] that showed that children from the age of nine and up performed almost as well as the adult control group in a complex visual discrimination tasks, such as Benton's Visual Form Discrimination Test [65].…”

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The Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in Healthy Children: A Qualitative Approach

Smirni

2020

Brain Sciences

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Studies on the structure of intelligence refer to two main theoretical models: the first one considers intelligence as a unitary construct, the second one assumes the involvement of a plurality of factors. Studies using Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM) tasks have often highlighted the involvement of different cognitive abilities and brain structures, but in the clinical setting, RCPM measurement continues to be used as a single score. The current study aimed to analyse the RCPM performance following qualitative clustering, in order to provide an interpretation of the intelligence assessment through a factorial criterion. The RCPM have been administered to a large group of typically developing children between 6 and 11 years of age. The sample was divided into twelve age groups, and the performance of each age group was shown. Three qualitative item clusters were identified through a factorial criterion. Data showed that performance on RCPM may arise from different cognitive abilities, starting from basic attentional skills up to the more complex ones that require perceptual or analogical reasoning. The qualitative parameters could provide more effective diagnostic and treatment suggestions than a single total score in the clinical setting, and may be crucial for focusing on strength and weakness in the intellectual functionality evaluation of children.

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The Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in Healthy Children: A Qualitative Approach

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2020

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“…Moreover, OSAS may be associated with several comorbidities 2. Neurocognitive and cardiovascular complications, obesity, daytime sleepiness, hypertension, impaired growth, and learning and behavioral problems,3–6 as well as attention, executive functions, and memory difficulties have been documented in children with OSAS 7–10. Abnormal neuronal metabolites were detected in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of OSAS children 11.…”

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<p>Memory performances and personality traits in mothers of children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome</p>

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Background Chronic diseases in pediatric age have been identified as stressful risk factors for parents. Studies on caregivers have documented the impact of chronic parenting stress on emotion and cognition. Aim To investigate the differences between a group of mothers of children affected by obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) for at least 4 years and a group of mothers of typically developing children (TDC) in relation to parental stress, self-esteem, locus of control, and memory performances. Methods A group of 86 mothers (mean age 35.6±4.9, ranged between 32 and 41 years) of children with OSAS diagnosis, and a group of 52 mothers of TDC (mean age 35.9±4.2, ranged between 32 and 41 years) participated in the study. All participants were administered stress level, global self-esteem, internal/external locus of control scales, and memory assessment. Results Mothers of OSAS children, compared to mothers of TDC, had a significantly higher level of stress, lower self-esteem, more external locus of control and poorer memory performance. Conclusions The child respiratory disease, with its sudden and unpredictable features, appeared as a significant source of stress for the mother. Such stress condition may have an impact on mothers’ personality traits (self-esteem, locus of control) and on their memory performances. The data have suggested a need for psychological support programs for mothers to better manage stress associated with children’s respiratory disease.

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“…Action VGs have even been used to treat dyslexic children [ 46 , 47 ]. Only 12 h of action VGs, for nine sessions of 80 min per day, significantly improved reading and attentional skills [ 48 ].…”

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The Playing Brain. The Impact of Video Games on Cognition and Behavior in Pediatric Age at the Time of Lockdown: A Systematic Review

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A growing number of children and adolescents play video games (VGs) for long amounts of time. The current outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has significantly reduced outdoor activities and direct interpersonal relationships. Therefore, a higher use of VGs can become the response to stress and fear of illness. VGs and their practical, academic, vocational and educational implications have become an issue of increasing interest for scholars, parents, teachers, pediatricians and youth public policy makers. The current systematic review aims to identify, in recent literature, the most relevant problems of the complex issue of playing VGs in children and adolescents in order to provide suggestions for the correct management of VG practice. The method used searches through standardized search operators using keywords related to video games and the link with cognition, cognitive control and behaviors adopted during the pandemic. Ninety-nine studies were reviewed and included, whereas twelve studies were excluded because they were educationally irrelevant. Any debate on the effectiveness of VGs cannot refer to a dichotomous approach, according to which VGs are rigidly ‘good’ or ‘bad’. VGs should be approached in terms of complexity and differentiated by multiple dimensions interacting with each other.

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Benton visual form discrimination test in healthy children: normative data and qualitative analysis

Cited by 10 publications

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The Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in Healthy Children: A Qualitative Approach

The Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in Healthy Children: A Qualitative Approach

<p>Memory performances and personality traits in mothers of children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome</p>

The Playing Brain. The Impact of Video Games on Cognition and Behavior in Pediatric Age at the Time of Lockdown: A Systematic Review

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