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ArticleScientific reports2022

Cognitive profiles in children and adolescents with Down syndrome.

Sara Onnivello, Francesca Pulina, Chiara Locatelli, Chiara Marcolin, Giuseppe Ramacieri, Francesca Antonaros, Beatrice Vione, Maria Caracausi, Silvia Lanfranchi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sara OnnivelloDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131, Padova, Italy. sara.onnivello@gmail.com.
Francesca PulinaDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131, Padova, Italy.
Chiara LocatelliIRCCS, St. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Chiara MarcolinDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131, Padova, Italy.
Giuseppe RamacieriDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Unit of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Francesca AntonarosDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Unit of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Beatrice VioneDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Unit of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Maria CaracausiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Unit of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Silvia LanfranchiDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131, Padova, Italy.
University of Bologna · ITUniversity of Padua · ITPoliclinico S.Orsola-Malpighi · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Down syndrome (DS) phenotype is usually characterized by relative strengths in non-verbal skills and deficits in verbal processing, but high interindividual variability has been registered in the syndrome. The goal of this study was to explore the cognitive profile, considering verbal and non-verbal intelligence, of children and adolescents with DS, also taking into account interindividual variability. We particularly aimed to investigate whether this variability means that we should envisage more than one cognitive profile in this population. The correlation between cognitive profile and medical conditions, parents' education levels and developmental milestones was also explored. Seventy-two children/adolescents with DS, aged 7-16 years, were assessed with the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-III. Age-equivalent scores were adopted, and Verbal and Non-Verbal indices were obtained for each individual. The cognitive profile of the group as a whole was characterized by similar scores in the verbal and non-verbal domain. Cluster analysis revealed three different profiles, however: one group, with the lowest scores, had the typical profile associated with DS (with higher non-verbal than verbal intelligence); one, with intermediate scores, had greater verbal than non-verbal intelligence; and one, with the highest scores, fared equally well in the verbal and non-verbal domain. Three cognitive profiles emerged, suggesting that educational support for children and adolescents with DS may need to be more specific.

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Adolescent BehaviorAdolescent DevelopmentChild BehaviorChild DevelopmentCognitionAdolescentAge FactorsBiological Variation, PopulationChildChild LanguageDown SyndromeEducational StatusEducation of Persons with Intellectual DisabilitiesFemaleHumansIntelligence

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