Journal article
Arithmetical calculation and related neuropsychological skills in subjects with isolated oral clefts
Neuropsychology, Vol.31(7), pp.834-841
10/2017
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000381
PMCID: PMC5629098
PMID: 28471211
Abstract
The current study examined whether the arithmetical calculation skills of children, adolescents, and young adults with isolated cleft of the lip and/or palate (iCL/P) differ significantly from unaffected control participants. Comparisons of potential neuropsychological predictors of arithmetical calculation were also conducted to determine whether these variables differ significantly for participants with iCL/P.
Participants (N = 176; 93 iCL/P and 83 Control) ranged in age from 7 to 26 years old. A standardized battery of achievement and neuropsychological skills was administered. Between group differences on math achievement was assessed through a univariate analysis of covariance. Relationships between neuropsychological measures and math achievement were analyzed separately for participants with iCL/P and controls through hierarchical linear regressions.
Arithmetical calculation was significantly lower for the iCL/P group. Rapid naming, sustained attention, and visual-spatial organization were significant predictors for the iCL/P group; rapid naming was the lone variable that was significantly more predictive of arithmetical calculation for the iCL/P group than for control participants.
These results suggest that inefficient verbal label retrieval related to short-term memory (STM) deficits underlie the calculation difficulties of individuals with iCL/P. These findings have implications for approaches to remediation, as well as future research. (PsycINFO Database Record
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Arithmetical calculation and related neuropsychological skills in subjects with isolated oral clefts
- Creators
- Jon W Goodwin - Department of Psychological & Quantitative Foundations, University of IowaAmy L Conrad - Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineTimothy Ansley - Department of Psychological & Quantitative Foundations, University of IowaPeg Nopoulos - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neuropsychology, Vol.31(7), pp.834-841
- DOI
- 10.1037/neu0000381
- PMID
- 28471211
- PMCID
- PMC5629098
- NLM abbreviation
- Neuropsychology
- ISSN
- 0894-4105
- eISSN
- 1931-1559
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- National Institutes of Health R01 DE014399 / NIDCR NIH HHS K23 DE024511 / NIDCR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2017
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychiatry; Pediatric Psychology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984070863702771
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