A5090467835- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Williams Syndrome Research
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Disability Education and Employment
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Language Development and Disorders
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
- Educational and Social Studies
- Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
University of Padua
2016-2025
University of Milano-Bicocca
2025
Santa Maria Nuova Hospital
2020
Universidad Cristiana de las Asambleas de Dios
1997
The present work is aimed at analysing executive function (EF) in adolescents with Down Syndrome (DS). So far, EF has been analysed mainly adults DS, showing a pattern of impairment. However, less known about children and this syndrome. Studying DS might help us better understand whether performances on tasks individuals are determined by age or Alzheimer disease, as some studies suggest, their directly related to cognitive profile.A battery assessing set shifting, planning/problem-solving,...
The hypothesis that deficits of children with Down syndrome on working memory tasks are more evident the higher control required and for verbal than visuospatial was tested. Two groups children, one syndrome, who ranged in age from 7 to 18, a group were assessed batteries tests requiring different levels control. On low control, showed impairment but not tasks. As requirement increased, they greater both Children comparatively better Implications these results models role intelligence discussed.
Background. Many contributing factors, both domain specific and general, influence children's performance in school achievement. Aims. This research aims to verify the importance of kindergarten measures cognitive abilities numerical competence role predicting mathematical achievement at end first grade. Sample Methods. A total 70 children (38 females 32 males) took part study. We tested beginning their last year (time 1) on following abilities: IQ, phonology, counting skills, verbal...
ABSTRACT Background People with Down syndrome ( DS ) are predisposed to challenges executive functions EF ), which crucial for adaptive outcomes and academic success. Early interventions targeting therefore critical. The present study analysed Italian data on the acceptability, enjoyability household implementation of EXPO EXecutive function Play Opportunities), a novel caregiver‐mediated intervention designed strengthen skills in young children . Methods Nineteen families aged 42–93 months...
Recent studies have demonstrated that individuals with Down syndrome (DS) present both central and verbal working memory deficits compared controls matched for mental age, whereas evidence on visuospatial (VSWM) has remained ambiguous. The paper uses a battery of VSWM tasks to test the hypothesis DS can also encounter specific difficulties in VSWM.Four were administered 34 children adolescents age. In two these tasks, participants had remember series locations sequentially presented matrix...
Abstract Background Recent studies have shown that individuals with Down syndrome (DS) are poorer than controls in performing verbal and visuospatial dual tasks. The present study aims at better investigating the task deficit working memory DS. Method Forty‐five DS 45 typically developing children matched for mental age completed a series of tasks, involving conditions either required combination two tasks same modality (verbal or visual) cross‐modality pairs Results conclusions Two distinct...
Abstract The Down syndrome (DS) phenotype is usually characterized by relative strengths in non-verbal skills and deficits verbal processing, but high interindividual variability has been registered the syndrome. goal of this study was to explore cognitive profile, considering intelligence, children adolescents with DS, also taking into account variability. We particularly aimed investigate whether means that we should envisage more than one profile population. correlation between medical...
A long-standing debate concerns whether developmental dyscalculia is characterized by core deficits in processing nonsymbolic or symbolic numerical information as well the role of domain-general difficulties. Heterogeneity recruitment and diagnostic criteria make it difficult to disentangle this issue. Here, we selected children ( n = 58) with severely compromised mathematical skills (2 SD below average) but average from a large sample referred for clinical assessment learning disabilities....
This work is aimed at analyzing working memory (WM) components and their relationships with other cognitive processes in individuals Down syndrome (DS). Particular attention given to examine whether a verbal WM deficit due difficulties abilities often showed by DS, or it per se. A group of 20 DS was compared typically developing (TD) children matched on vocabulary comprehension TD general intelligence. The groups received battery 3 visuospatial tasks requiring different degrees control,...
The present study analyzes differences in parental stress families of children with Down, Williams, Fragile X, and Prader-Willi syndromes, exploring factors that influence stress, such as child's characteristics, locus control, family cohesion adaptability. Differences between mothers fathers are also investigated. Parents were given self-report questionnaires to assess Results showed levels lower Down syndrome higher those syndrome. Children's characteristics their parents' control found be...
The present research tests the hypothesis that fragile X syndrome (FXS) is associated with a deficit in working memory (WM) and more pronounced higher control requirements of task. To this purpose, 15 boys FXS typically developing children, matched for mental age, assessed Logical Operation Test, were tested batteries 4 verbal visuospatial WM tasks requiring different levels control. Children showed performance equal to controls, low medium-low but significant impairment correspondence...
This study aimed to draw a cross-task comparison on visuospatial processing in autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability. Participants with were matched typically developing individuals general intelligence and perceptual reasoning index. The two groups subsequently compared speed, visuo-perceptual, visuo-constructive, working memory tasks. Our results revealed similar performances between measures of speed memory. group showed slower reaction times than the visuo-perceptual...
Down Syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic alteration responsible for intellectual disability, which refers to deficits in both and adaptive functioning. According this, individuals with reach developmental milestones (e.g., sitting, walking, babbling) same order as their typically developing peers, but later life. Since are first blocks on development builds, aims of current study to: (i) expand knowledge milestone acquisition; (ii) explore relationship between acquisition development....
Anticoagulated patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and a negative cerebral CT on admission, commonly undergo repeated scan after observation in the emergency department (ED) to detect delayed intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). However, utility of this practice is controversial, recent evidence suggesting that risk ICH these low. This study aims evaluate incidence, outcomes, factors receiving direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) or vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) presenting ED mTBI. A...
ABSTRACT Math anxiety negatively affects math performance and future career choices in math‐related fields. Various tools assess anxiety, but the Abbreviated Anxiety Scale (AMAS) is noteworthy for its ease of administration good psychometric properties. This study evaluates AMAS's applicability utility a sample approximately 170 Japanese elementary‐school children. Findings indicate that version AMAS has very internal consistency, test–retest reliability validity, both convergent concurrent....
ABSTRACT Background Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have an elevated likelihood of challenges executive function (EF) throughout the lifespan, and syndrome‐informed intervention approaches that strengthen these foundations during early childhood may be beneficial. This single group baseline versus postintervention pilot study presents findings from implementation a syndrome‐informed, parent‐mediated designed to support development EF in preschool‐aged children DS (EXPO: Executive...
Recent studies have demonstrated that individuals with Down syndrome (DS) are poorer than controls in spatial-simultaneous tasks, but not spatial-sequential tasks. To explain this finding, it has been suggested the simultaneous visuo-spatial working memory deficit of DS could be due to request for processing more one item at a time. The present study examines possibility reducing difficulties encountered by on tasks proposing task uses structured material.Two were administered 20 children...
Abstract Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome, DS) is the main human genetic cause of intellectual disability (ID). Lejeune hypothesized that DS could be considered a metabolic disease, and we found subjects with have specific plasma urinary metabolomic profile. In this work confirmed alteration mitochondrial metabolism in also investigated if metabolite levels are related to cognitive aspects DS. We analyzed profiles samples from 129 46 healthy control (CTRL) by 1 H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)....
ABSTRACT Background Parent‐mediated intervention (PMI) is a potentially scalable approach for tailored interventions in neurogenetic conditions like Down syndrome (DS). Because PMIs require ongoing parent engagement, they must be developed alignment with the needs of intended users. The present study examined caregiver opinions and preferences to inform development syndrome‐informed children DS. Method Parents DS ( n = 34) participated focus groups discussing PMI. Interviews were transcribed...