Executive Function evaluation in children with learning disabilities through a tablet assessment battery
Evaluación de Funciones Ejecutivas en niños con dificultades de aprendizaje a través de una batería en formato digital
J. Appl. Cogn. Neurosci. (Barranquilla); 1 (1), 2020
Publication year: 2020
Executive functions are a set of psychological processes that are necessary for the cogni-tive control of behavior: selecting and successfully monitoring behaviors that facilitate the attainment of certain goals. These skills are necessary to guide learning of new informa-tion. Core executive function (CEF) are inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility. They regulate and control other skills and behaviors, and also have influence on more basic skills such as attention, memory systems, and praxis. Executive functions allow setting goals and carrying them out through planning and monitoring, keeping inhib-ited thoughts, behaviors and emotions that interfere. This research consists of determining neuropsychological EF profiles in different clinical populations evaluated with tablet-based test.
Two batteries developed by CEDETI UC were applied:
Yellow Red and TENI (Infant Neuropsychological Assessment Test). The sample consists of 175 argentine children, be-tween 7 and 12 years old, divided in two groups, clinical and control. The obtained scores show the importance of distinguishing profiles between these three CEF within the clinical population comparing with a typical developing group. The overall index obtained differen-tiates the groups best. Children with dyscalculia, autistic spectrum disorder and borderline intellectual disability obtain significantly lower scores having greater difficulties in EF.
Las funciones ejecutivas permiten plantear metas y llevarlas a cabo a través de la planificación y el monitoreo de su desarrollo, manteniendo inhibidos pensa-mientos, comportamientos y emociones que interfieren. Son habilidades necesa-rias para guiar los procesos que permiten el aprendizaje de nueva información y están constituidas por el control inhibitorio, la memoria de trabajo y la flexibili-dad cognitiva. Controlan y regulan otras habilidades y conductas, e influyen en habilidades más básicas como la atención, los sistemas de memoria y las praxias. Este trabajo de investigación consite en determinar perfiles neuropsicológicos en diferentes poblaciones clínicas a través de la aplicación de baterías de evaluación neuropsicológica en formato digital, que evalúan distintas funciones ejecutivas.