PMID- 15603714
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050126
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0366-6999 (Print)
IS  - 0366-6999 (Linking)
VI  - 117
IP  - 12
DP  - 2004 Dec
TI  - Neuropsychological characteristics of selective attention in children with 
      nonverbal learning disabilities.
PG  - 1834-7
AB  - BACKGROUND: Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) usually manifest 
      defective attention function. This study sought to investigate the 
      neuropsychological characteristics of selective attention, such as attention 
      control, working memory, and attention persistence of the frontal lobe in 
      children with NLD. METHODS: Using the auditory detection test (ADT), Wisconsin 
      card sorting test (WCST), and C-WISC, 27 children with NLD and 33 normal children 
      in the control group were tested, and the results of C-WISC subtests were 
      analyzed with factor analysis. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, the 
      correct response rate in the auditory detection test in the NLD group was much 
      lower (P < 0.01), and the number of incorrect responses was much higher (P < 
      0.01); NLD children also scored lower in WCST categories achieved (CA) and 
      perseverative errors (PE) (P < 0.05). Factor analysis showed that perceptual 
      organization (PO) related to visual space and freedom from distractibility (FD) 
      relating to attention persistence in the NLD group were obviously lower than in 
      the control group (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Children with NLD have attention 
      control disorder and working memory disorder mainly in the frontal lobe. We 
      believe that the disorder is particularly prominent in the right frontal lobe.
FAU - Jing, Jin
AU  - Jing J
AD  - Department of Children and Adolescent Health of the School of Public Health, Sun 
      Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. domch@gzsums.edu.cn
FAU - Wang, Qing-xiong
AU  - Wang QX
FAU - Yang, Bin-rang
AU  - Yang BR
FAU - Chen, Xue-bin
AU  - Chen XB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - China
TA  - Chin Med J (Engl)
JT  - Chinese medical journal
JID - 7513795
SB  - IM
MH  - *Attention
MH  - Child
MH  - Frontal Lobe/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Learning Disabilities/*psychology
MH  - Male
MH  - *Neuropsychological Tests
EDAT- 2004/12/18 09:00
MHDA- 2005/01/27 09:00
CRDT- 2004/12/18 09:00
PHST- 2004/12/18 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/01/27 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/12/18 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chin Med J (Engl). 2004 Dec;117(12):1834-7.