Executive functions in children with developmental language disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of the current study was to assess the differences between children with developmental language disorder (DLD) and typically developing (TD) children in their performance of executive functions from working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility.

Methods

We performed a systematical search of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science for case control studies (published in English between January 1, 1950, and October 11, 2023) comparing the differences in the performance of executive functions between DLD and TD children.

Results

Forty eligible studies were included in the present study (N = 3,168 participants). In comparison with TD children, DLD children exhibited significantly poorer performances in all six verbal worki

SUBMITTER: Niu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11345193 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature