Dynamic sustained attention markers differentiate atypical development: The case of Williams syndrome and Down's syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Impaired sustained attention is considered an important factor in determining poor functional outcomes across multiple cognitive and behavioural disorders. Sustained attention is compromised for both children with Williams syndrome (WS) and Down's syndrome (DS), but specific difficulties remain poorly understood because of limitations in how sustained attention has been assessed thus far. In the current study, we compared the performance of typically developing children (N = 99), children with WS (N = 25), and children with DS (N = 18), on a Continuous Performance Task - a standard tool for measuring sustained attention. In contrast to previous studies, primarily focused on overall differences in mean performance, we estimated the extent to which performance changed over time on task, thus

SUBMITTER: Shalev N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6891877 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature