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Children experiencing attention difficulties display problems across a range of mental tasks, especially tasks that require working memory and response inhibition. Recent evidence suggests that these same cognitive processes are also closely related to reading ability.
This paper is a systematic review of the available literature on handwriting performance of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The authors conducted a research study to investigate the relationship between ADHD symptoms in childhood and smoking behaviors in adolescence.
Using neuro-imaging techniques (which take images of the brain), numerous studies have identified structural and functional abnormalities in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study explored three different hypotheses about the neurological sources of this disorder: cortical activation dysregulation, delayed white matter maturation, and cerebellar dysfunction.
The purpose of this study was to find out if the head circumference measured at 2 years of age could predict the level of developmental performance in a group of children who are at high risk for developmental deficits.
The Neurobehavioral Assessment of Preterm Infants (NAPI) was developed to measure the neurobehavioral status in pre-term infants born at least 8 weeks premature. This instrument has many unique advantages, however, it is not known if it is valid compared to other established tests.
This study describes cerebellar growth in preterm infants from 28-40 weeks postconceptional age.
Meningitis is a disease caused by either bacteria or viruses that causes inflammation of thin tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. In this study, researchers hope that prevention strategies can be designed to lessen the damage caused by GBS meningitis.
The main aim of this study was to find out if the clinical measure called the Neurobehavioral
Assessment of Preterm Infants is measuring the attributes of preterm infants that it claims to be
measuring (i.e. neurobehavioral status).
The objective of this study was to determine whether general brain injury is associated with less growth of the cerebellum.
Children born premature are at risk for developmental delays and academic difficulties at school age. This study found that children born premature had significantly lower legibility and slower speed scores on most handwriting tasks when compared to peers.