The present research addresses the impact of preschool classroom interaction quality on executive function development. CLASS methodology was used to assess teacher–child in kindergarten groups; “Inhibition”, “Memory for Designs”, and “Sentences Repetition” subtests from NEPSY-II (memory designs, sentences repetition, inhibition) Dimensional Change Card Sort were evaluation functions. Repeated ...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether children with high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger’s syndrome (AS) can be differentiated from each other and from typically developing children in ability to recognize a human face. The present study included 69 participants: children with autism (high-functioning autism or Asperger’s syndrome, n = 15 per group) and a control group of 39 ty...

The development of executive functions is the utmost importance for academic success at school and social adaptation children. Dance class attendance one factors promoting these in This study was aimed to explore relationship between extra dance preschool age function level assessed using NEPSY-II subtests “Sentences Repetition”, “Memory Designs”, “Inhibition”, “Stаtue”, “Dimensional Change Car...

Poor sleep in children is associated with lower neurocognitive functioning and increased maladaptive behaviors. The current study examined the impact of snoring (the most common manifestation of sleep-disordered breathing) on cognitive and brain functioning in a sample of 35 asymptomatic children ages 5-7 years identified in the community as having habitual snoring (SDB). All participants compl...

Dissociation involves disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, and perception. Recent research with adults suggests that dissociation is associated with alterations in attention. Little work, however, has examined the attentional correlates of dissociation in childhood. This study is the first to investigate the specificity of cognitive functions relate...

Objectives. – The aim of the present study was to compare and contrast developmental dyspraxia and dyspraxia following preterm birth. Material. – Three different domains (attention–executive function, sensorimotor and visuospatial functions) were evaluated using Nepsy battery tests and the Purdue pegboard test. Method. – The results of a neuropsychological evaluation of 32 children with develop...

Preschool age is the most favorable period for mastering languages due to a number of psychological factors. This potential children's opportunities, intensive development language abilities. Therefore, an indispensable pedagogical condition early bilingualism creation educational environment children. The aim study cognitive regulation in connection with communicative competence balanced bilin...