- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Williams Syndrome Research
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Congenital heart defects research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Language Development and Disorders
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
2016-2025
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2016-2025
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2016-2025
Centro Studi GISED
2024
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic
2020-2023
University of the Sacred Heart
2022
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2022
Hudson Institute
2022
Catholic University of America
2020-2021
Centro di Terapia Metacognitiva Interpersonale
2021
Patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) have an elevated (25%) risk of developing schizophrenia. Recent reports suggested that a subgroup children 22q11DS display substantial decline in cognitive abilities starting at young age.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects specific types tasks on efficiency implicit procedural learning in presence developmental dyslexia (DD).Sixteen children with DD (mean (SD) age 11.6 (1.4) years) and 16 matched normal reader controls 11.4 (1.9) were administered two tests (the Serial Reaction Time test Mirror Drawing test) which knowledge gradually acquired across multiple trials. Although both analyse abilities, they tap different competencies. requires development...
This study investigated the development of language and communication in children with Down syndrome (DS). More specifically, aim was to examine relations among verbal comprehension, production, gesture production very early stages development. Forty (age range: 10–49 months) DS 40 normal 8–17 participated this study. Children came from two Italian health centers. The communicative linguistic measured by administering version MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory. were severely...
Although reduced verbal span is well documented in individuals with developmental dyslexia, the existing data on visual-spatial are inconclusive. The aim of present study was to ascertain whether working memory deficit dyslexia confined material or it also involves visual-object and information. Results document deficits tasks tapping verbal, visual-spatial, dyslexic children indicate that not limited dysfunction phonological components but
The present study was aimed at investigating different aspects of Executive Functions (EF) in children with Developmental Dyslexia (DD). A neuropsychological battery tapping verbal fluency, spoonerism, attention, shifting, short-term and working memory used to assess 60 DD 65 typical reading (TR) abilities. Compared their controls, showed deficits several EF domains such as categorical phonological visual-spatial auditory visual memory, memory. Moreover, exploring predictive relationships...
Abstract Some key behavioural traits of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have been hypothesized to be due impairments in the early activation subcortical orienting mechanisms, which typical development bias newborns orient relevant social visual stimuli. A challenge testing this hypothesis is that autism usually not diagnosed until a child at least 3 years old. Here, we circumvented difficulty by studying for very first time, predispositions pay attention stimuli with high familial risk...
Abstract Objective Research evidence suggests the need to identify treatments based on a more precise characterization of psychopathology and psychiatric comorbidity in anorexia nervosa. Network analysis provides new method conceptualize psychopathology. We use this approach investigate relationships between eating disorder general symptoms adolescents with Methods Four‐hundred five nervosa illness duration less than 3 years were consecutively recruited from those admitted inpatient...