Search Results - "Spanó, Goffredina"
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Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Down Syndrome: Effects of the Dopamine Receptor D4 Gene
Published in American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities (01-01-2015)“…This study examined individual differences in ADHD symptoms and executive function (EF) in children with Down syndrome (DS) in relation to the dopamine…”
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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and cognition in Down syndrome
Published in Developmental medicine and child neurology (01-07-2014)“…Aim Good‐quality sleep is essential for normal learning and memory. Sleep fragmentation and disrupted sleep architecture are commonly observed throughout the…”
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Dreaming with hippocampal damage
Published in eLife (08-06-2020)“…The hippocampus is linked with both sleep and memory, but there is debate about whether a salient aspect of sleep - dreaming - requires its input. To address…”
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Everyday memory in individuals with Down syndrome: Validation of the Observer Memory Questionnaire - Parent Form
Published in Child neuropsychology (04-07-2017)“…The memory profile of individuals with Down syndrome (DS) has mainly been examined through traditional laboratory tasks, often revealing substantial deficits…”
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Sleeping with Hippocampal Damage
Published in Current biology (03-02-2020)“…The hippocampus plays a critical role in sleep-related memory processes [1–3], but it is unclear which specific sleep features are dependent upon this brain…”
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REM sleep in naps differentially relates to memory consolidation in typical preschoolers and children with Down syndrome
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (13-11-2018)“…Sleep is recognized as a physiological state associated with learning, with studies showing that knowledge acquisition improves with naps. Little work has…”
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Sleep Disturbance and Expressive Language Development in Preschool-Age Children With Down Syndrome
Published in Child development (01-11-2015)“…Recent evidence has suggested that sleep may facilitate language learning. This study examined variation in language ability in 29 toddlers with Down syndrome…”
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The Arizona Cognitive Test Battery for Down Syndrome: Test-Retest Reliability and Practice Effects
Published in American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities (01-05-2017)“…A multisite study investigated the test-retest reliability and practice effects of a battery of assessments to measure neurocognitive function in individuals…”
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The “eyes have it,” but when in development?: The importance of a developmental perspective in our understanding of behavioral memory formation and the hippocampus
Published in Hippocampus (01-08-2020)“…Lynn Nadel has been a trailblazer in memory research for decades. In just one example, Nadel and Zola‐Morgan [Infantile amnesia, In Infant memory, Springer,…”
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Remembering Things Without Context: Development Matters
Published in Child development (01-07-2014)“…Spatial context supports memory retrieval in adults. To understand the development of these effects, context effects on object recognition were tested in…”
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Young children with Down syndrome show normal development of circadian rhythms, but poor sleep efficiency: a cross-sectional study across the first 60 months of life
Published in Sleep medicine (01-05-2017)“…Abstract Objectives To evaluate sleep consolidation and circadian activity rhythms in infants and toddlers with Down syndrome (DS) under light and socially…”
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The medial temporal memory system in Down syndrome: Translating animal models of hippocampal compromise
Published in Hippocampus (01-06-2017)“…Recent studies have highlighted the dentate gyrus as a region of increased vulnerability in mouse models of Down syndrome (DS). It is unclear to what extent…”
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Prospective Trial of CPAP in Community-Dwelling Adults with Down Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Published in Brain sciences (01-11-2020)“…Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are predisposed to obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), but the effectiveness and acceptability of continuous positive airway…”
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Human and mouse model cognitive phenotypes in Down syndrome: implications for assessment
Published in Progress in brain research (2012)“…The study of cognitive function in Down syndrome (DS) has advanced rapidly in the past decade. Mouse models have generated data regarding the neurological…”
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Seeing Can Be Remembering: Interactions Between Memory and Perception in Typical and Atypical Development
Published in Clinical psychological science (01-03-2016)“…Recent work suggests that memory representations may guide basic perceptual functions, such as figure-ground perception. In three studies we assessed top-down…”
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Rethinking memory in typical and atypical development: New perspectives from cognitive neuroscience
Published 01-01-2016“…Recent research provides evidence for new conceptualizations of memory, including the brain’s drive to predict and anticipate future events based on past…”
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Perceptual mnemonic medial temporal lobe function in individuals with down syndrome
Published 01-01-2012“…Behavioral data in individuals with Down syndrome (DS) and mouse models of the syndrome suggest impaired object processing. In this study we examined the…”
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