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Faught, Gayle G.; Conners, Frances A. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Sustained attention (SA) and short-term memory (STM) contribute to language function in Down syndrome (DS). We proposed models in which relations of SA to language in DS are mediated by STM. Thirty-seven youth with DS aged 10-22 years (M = 15.59) completed SA, STM, and language tasks. Cross-sectional mediation analyses were run with the…
Descriptors: Models, Correlation, Attention, Short Term Memory
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Schott, N.; Holfelder, B. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2015
Background: Previous studies suggest that children with Down's syndrome (DS), a genetically based neurodevelopmental disorder, demonstrate motor problems and cognitive deficits. The first aim of this study was to examine motor skills and executive functions (EFs) in school-age children with DS. The second aim was to investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Psychomotor Skills, Executive Function, Correlation
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Sanoudaki, Eirini; Varlokosta, Spyridoula – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: A number of studies have suggested that language in individuals with Down syndrome (DS) may not be simply delayed compared with language in typically developing (TD) children, but deviant. The deviance has been detected in the comprehension of pronouns, and it has triggered proposals for the existence of a specific syntactic deficit in…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Language Skills, Language Impairments, Comprehension