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Published on: July 28, 2009
Cognitive, Neuroanatomical, and Genetic Predictors of Executive Function in Healthy Children and Adolescents
Jessica Pan1, Kayle Sawyer2,3,4,5, EmilyKate McDonough4,6
1a Department of Psychology , Suffolk University , Boston , MA , USA.
Abstract:
The Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) is a measure of cognitive flexibility for children, which requires rule-use and shifting. Demographic, cognitive, regional cortical thickness, and genetic variables, including those related to language and executive function, were used to build predictive models of DCCS scores in 556 healthy pediatric participants. Gender, age, frontal, and temporal lobe regions of interest, and measures of sustained attention, inhibition, and word reading were selected as the best predictors of DCCS performance. Results indicated that DCCS performance is related to a broad range of cognitive functions and anatomic regions associated with various levels of cognitive function.
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