Journal article
Profiles of Executive Function Across Children with Distinct Brain Disorders: Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, and Brain Tumor
GC Araujo, TN Antonini, V Anderson, KA Vannatta, CG Salley, ED Bigler, HG Taylor, C Gerhardt, K Rubin, M Dennis, W Lo, MT MacKay, A Gordon, C Hajek Koterba, A Gomes, M Greenham, K Owen Yeates
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2017
Abstract
Objectives: This study examined whether children with distinct brain disorders show different profiles of strengths and weaknesses in executive functions, and differ from children without brain disorder. Methods: Participants were children with traumatic brain injury (N=82; 8-13 years of age), arterial ischemic stroke (N=36; 6-16 years of age), and brain tumor (N=74; 9-18 years of age), each with a corresponding matched comparison group consisting of children with orthopedic injury (N=61), asthma (N=15), and classmates without medical illness (N=68), respectively. Shifting, inhibition, and working memory were assessed, respectively, using three Test of Everyday Attention: Children's Version ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health (K.O.Y., grant number 5 R01 HD048946); American Cancer Society, (K.V., grant number RSGPB-03-098-01-PBP); National Cancer Institute (K.V., grant number R03 CA138122-02); Australian National Health & Medical Research Council Senior Practitioner Fellowship (V.A.); Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Fund (V.A., M.G., grant number RINCH 231308); and by the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Scheme. We have no conflicts of interest to disclose.