Neural Oscillation Reveals Deficits in Visuospatial Working Memory in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
The electroencephalographic (EEG) oscillations associated with visuospatial working memory (VSWM) were examined in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD; 10-11 years; N = 29) and typically developing (TD) children (10-11 years; N = 29). Behaviorally, DCD showed poorer VSWM than TD,...
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Published in | Child development Vol. 88; no. 5; pp. 1716 - 1726 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Wiley for the Society for Research in Child Development
01.09.2017
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | The electroencephalographic (EEG) oscillations associated with visuospatial working memory (VSWM) were examined in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD; 10-11 years; N = 29) and typically developing (TD) children (10-11 years; N = 29). Behaviorally, DCD showed poorer VSWM than TD, which coincided with the diminished ability of DCD in modulating neural oscillations. Furthermore, prestimulus oscillatory alpha activity was correlated with VSWM performance. The results suggest that children with DCD might have a reduced ability to encode and recognize new information, and in particular have difficulty in maintaining task-relevant information, resulting in poorer VSWM. This study thus concludes that changes in oscillatory EEG activity reflect some of the problems leading to cognitive deficits in DCD. |
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ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.12708 |