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  • Cognitive flexibility is crucial for adapting to new situations.
  • Previous research on cognitive flexibility in children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) yielded inconsistent results.
  • Understanding cognitive flexibility in DLD is vital for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate cognitive flexibility in preschoolers with DLD compared to typically developing (TD) peers.
  • To explore the relationship between cognitive flexibility, verbal short-term memory, and inhibition in children with DLD.
  • To utilize the nonexistent object drawing (NEOD) task for assessing cognitive flexibility.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed cognitive flexibility in 5-6 year olds with DLD (n=23) and TD peers (n=50).
  • Employed the nonexistent object drawing (NEOD) task, requiring participants to draw novel objects.
  • Analyzed category changes in drawings, differentiating between simple and high-level complexity.

Main Results:

  • Children with DLD did not differ from TD peers on simple category changes.
  • Children with DLD exhibited fewer high-level category changes (e.g., insertions, part exchanges).
  • DLD group's lower performance on high-level changes correlated with weaker verbal short-term memory and inhibition.

Conclusions:

  • Preschoolers with DLD demonstrate reduced cognitive flexibility on the NEOD task compared to TD children.
  • Lower verbal short-term memory and inhibition may underlie the observed cognitive flexibility deficits in DLD.
  • The findings suggest potential differences in cognitive skill utilization in children with DLD.