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Auditory and visual sustained attention in Down syndrome

Faught, Gayle G., Conners, Frances A., Himmelberger, Zachary M.·2016·Research in Developmental Disabilities
DOI 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.01.021
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Background Sustained attention (SA) is important to task performance and development of higher functions. It emerges as a separable component of attention during preschool and shows incremental improvements during this stage of development. Aims The current study investigated if auditory and visual SA match developmental level or are particular challenges for youth with DS. Further, we sought to determine if there were modality effects in SA that could predict those seen in short-term memory (STM). Methods and procedures We compared youth with DS to typically developing youth matched for nonverbal mental age and receptive vocabulary. Groups completed auditory and visual sustained attention to response tests (SARTs) and STM tasks. Outcomes and results Results indicated groups performed similarly on both SARTs, even over varying cognitive ability. Further, within groups participants performed similarly on auditory and visual SARTs, thus SA could not predict modality effects in STM. However, SA did generally predict a significant portion of unique variance in groups' STM. Conclusions and implications Ultimately, results suggested both auditory and visual SA match developmental level in DS. Further, SA generally predicts STM, though SA does not necessarily predict the pattern of poor auditory relative to visual STM characteristic of DS.

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  • The early developmental onset of network-level disruptions in DS coincides with the emergence of intellectual disability.

    “The early developmental onset of these network-level disruptions — which are probably the product of altered synapse formation and function — coincides with the emergence of intellectual disability, suggesting that the cognitive deficits may be the product of impaired network-level function37,140–142.”

    From Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome (2024) · cites this paper as [142]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) links cognitive abnormalities in Down syndrome to abnormal brain development and identifies Down syndrome as a cause of intellectual disability. It does not describe network-level disruptions or establish that their onset coincides with the emergence of intellectual disability. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Cognitive deficits in DS may be the product of impaired network-level function.

    “The early developmental onset of these network-level disruptions — which are probably the product of altered synapse formation and function — coincides with the emergence of intellectual disability, suggesting that the cognitive deficits may be the product of impaired network-level function37,140–142.”

    From Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome (2024) · cites this paper as [142]

    The Introduction (page not available) says cognitive abnormalities in Down syndrome are likely related to abnormal brain development and discusses altered brain regions. That supports a broad brain-based explanation, but our copy does not identify impaired network-level function as the mechanism. (LLM, conf=0.81)

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Authors
Faught, G. G., Conners, F. A., & Himmelberger, Z. M.
Affiliations
University of Alabama (US)
Corresponding author
Faught, Gayle G.
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Venue
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-06
Volume
53-54
Pages
135-146
ISSN
0891-4222 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ridd.2016.01.021
OpenAlex
W1462313302
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22
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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  • W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library Manuscript Collections (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
Down syndrome, sustained attention, short-term memory, modality effects, attention development
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Attention, Auditory Perception, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Down Syndrome, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Visual Perception, Vocabulary, Case-Control Studies, Young Adult

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