Revealing hot executive function in children with motor coordination problems: What’s the go?

Rahimi-Golkhandan, Shahin; Steenbergen, Bert; Piek, Jan P.; Caeyenberghs, Karen; Wilson, Peter H.

doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2016.04.010

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“…Wilson and McKenzie’s review (45) showed that children with DCD have poorer visuospatial processing than TD children. They also have difficulties with facial recognition (51), executive functions (52, 53), response inhibition (54, 55), and motor imagery (7, 10, 56, 57). All these processes involve the parietal lobes (and the prefrontal lobe for executive functions), and have, therefore, led researchers to conclude that this brain structure may be involved in DCD (7, 58, 59).…”

Section: Neural Correlates Of Dcd: From Early Hypotheses To the Firstmentioning

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Neural Signature of DCD: A Critical Review of MRI Neuroimaging Studies

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The most common neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., developmental dyslexia (DD), autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)) have been the subject of numerous neuroimaging studies, leading to certain brain regions being identified as neural correlates of these conditions, referring to a neural signature of disorders. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD), however, remains one of the least understood and studied neurodevelopmental disorders. Given the acknowledged link between motor difficulties and brain features, it is surprising that so few research studies have systematically explored the brains of children with DCD. The aim of the present review was to ascertain whether it is currently possible to identify a neural signature for DCD, based on the 14 magnetic resonance imaging neuroimaging studies that have been conducted in DCD to date. Our results indicate that several brain areas are unquestionably linked to DCD: cerebellum, basal ganglia, parietal lobe, and parts of the frontal lobe (medial orbitofrontal cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex). However, research has been too sparse and studies have suffered from several limitations that constitute a serious obstacle to address the question of a well-established neural signature for DCD.

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Section: Neural Correlates Of Dcd: From Early Hypotheses To the Firstmentioning

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Neural Signature of DCD: A Critical Review of MRI Neuroimaging Studies

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“…The studies review underlined wide ranging of deficits across working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility in children with poor motor skills and DCD compared to children with typical development; these deficits have been previously reported [56]. Specifically, since inhibition contributed to an efficient performance of several executive function by allow the motor execution to be fluent and efficient [57], this cognitive function is essential for tasks that suddenly prevent one's self from executing an inappropriately prepared action such as riding a bicycle, playing dodge ball or football [58]. Deficits in this control process underline motor coordination problems [59].…”

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Systematic Review on Executive Functions in Children with Poor Motor Skills and With Development Coordination Disorder

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Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the tests used to assess working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility, and analyzed the main research results related to executive functions in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder or with poor motor skills. Methods: This review used as data sources studies in MEDLINE, Web of Science, APA PsycNET, EMBASE, and Google Scholar with children with poor motor skills, DCD, and typical development. Quality of the studies was conducted using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. Results: 1475 papers found, 31 matched the review criteria; 31 different executive function tests used to assess children with poor motor skills and DCD. Across the 31 studies, included in this systematic review, eleven studies examined only the working memory; ten studies measured only inhibition, a single study measured only cognitive flexibility, three studies examined the working memory and inhibition, one study examined inhibition and cognitive flexibility, one study examined working memory and cognitive flexibility and four studies examined the three executive functions. In conclusion, many tests were used to assess children with poor motor skill and DCD requiring verbal, nonverbal, or complex visuospatial processing, with or without motor demand involved. In some tests the different demands or different types of stimulus involved cause secondary loss in execution. The executive functions deficits in children with poor motor skills and DCD are in a wide ranging and extend across basic all functions assessed (working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility). The pervasive and persistent nature of the executive function deficits suggests a need for a more aligned methodological approach to investigate this phenomenon.

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“…Difficulties in children with DCD regarding the ability to inhibit a nonverbal prepotent response when compared to their TD peers were found in ten different studies, especially in terms of correct responses [ 46 , 47 , 57 – 59 , 67 , 69 , 75 – 78 ]. Rahimi-Golkhandan et al [ 67 ] specified that the response inhibition deficit in DCD children is only present when stimuli are positively-valenced, and thus more compelling. However, another study using emotionally-valenced tasks found no significant difference between children with DCD and TD controls [ 79 ].…”

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“…Among the seven studies that assessed alertness and sustained attention in the visual modality, four found no significant difference between performances of children with DCD and their TD peers or normative data [65][66][67][68], while…”

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Attentional and executive functions in children and adolescents with developmental coordination disorder and the influence of comorbid disorders: A systematic review of the literature

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Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting primarily motor skills, but attentional and executive impairments are common in affected individuals. Moreover, the presence of neurodevelopmental comorbidities is frequent in this population, which certainly influences the cognitive profile of the children concerned. Previous studies have reported deficits in visuospatial/nonverbal and planning tasks. This systematic review of the literature aims to determine if impairments can be found in other attentional and executive functions as well. The type of cognitive tasks, the tasks’ modality (verbal/nonverbal), and the influence of comorbid disorders on attentional and executive profiles are systematically considered. Forty-one studies were identified through the PubMed/Medline and PsycINFO databases according to pre-established eligibility criteria. The results reveal weaknesses in inhibitory control, working memory, planning, nonverbal fluency, and general executive functioning in children with DCD. The presence of comorbid disorders seemingly contributes to the verbal working memory difficulties findings. This review contributes to a better understanding of the cognitive impairments in DCD and of the needs of children with this disorder, allowing to optimize practitioners’ therapeutic interventions.

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Revealing hot executive function in children with motor coordination problems: What’s the go?

Cited by 27 publications

References 72 publications

Neural Signature of DCD: A Critical Review of MRI Neuroimaging Studies

Neural Signature of DCD: A Critical Review of MRI Neuroimaging Studies

Systematic Review on Executive Functions in Children with Poor Motor Skills and With Development Coordination Disorder

Attentional and executive functions in children and adolescents with developmental coordination disorder and the influence of comorbid disorders: A systematic review of the literature

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