ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2020
Neuro-physiological correlates of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms in school-aged children.
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- Systematic Review: Assessment of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Over the Past Decade.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
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- Physical and Extracurricular Activity in Adolescents With and Without ADHD: Examining Group Differences and the Role of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms.Journal of attention disorders · 2023Article
- Report of a Work Group on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Key Research Directions and a Consensus Change in Terminology to Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Article
- Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Abnormal physiological responses toward sensory stimulus are related to the attention deficits in children with sluggish cognitive tempo.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Neuropsychological Functioning.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
- Examining the Role of Attention Deficits in the Social Problems and Withdrawn Behavior of Children With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Symptoms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Physiological Correlates of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Children: Examining Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity during Social and Cognitive Stressor Tasks.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Article
- Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and ADHD Symptoms in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Children: Differentiation Using Categorical and Dimensional Approaches.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
- Initial Examination of the Bidirectional Associations between Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Internalizing Symptoms in Children.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
- Cognitive disengagement syndrome: A construct at the crossroads.The American psychologistReview
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Abstract
This study was the first to examine the relationship between neurophysiological abnormalities and symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) in children. Thirty children aged 6-12 years were recruited. Their heart rate variability (HRV) was measured under resting and warning signal conditions. At rest, the children's SCT symptoms were found to be positively associated with their HRV (indicated by the standard deviation of the Poincaré plot along the line of identity in normalized units, SD2 nu). SCT symptoms were also positively associated with a change in SD2 nu between the resting and warning signal conditions. When controlling for symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the children's SCT symptoms were significantly predicted by their resting SD2 nu and by changes in SD2 nu and the percentage of successive RR intervals that differ by more than 50 ms (pNN50) between the resting and warning signal conditions. These findings suggest that the readiness and regulation of the autonomic nervous system may contribute to symptoms of SCT. Specifically, disturbances in the internal neurophysiological system may explain the difficulties experienced by children when exposed to environmental stimulation. These initial data support the hypothesis that SCT results from deficiencies in arousal.
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