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ArticleJournal of neurodevelopmental disorders2023

The contribution of theta and delta to feedback processing in children with developmental language disorder.

Asiya Gul, Lauren S Baron, Yael Arbel

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Article in Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asiya GulMGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA.
Lauren S BaronMGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA.
Yael ArbelMGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA. yarbel@mghihp.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5749-393X
MGH Institute of Health Professions · US

Funding

Examining the impaired learning mechanism in children with developmental language disorderR01DC018295 · NIDCD · MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS · PI ARBEL, YAEL · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
Feedback-based learning in children with Language ImpairmentR15DC016438 · NIDCD · MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS · PI ARBEL, YAEL · 2018 to 2018
$478k
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018295NIDCD NIH HHS R15 DC016438NIDCD NIH HHS R15DC016438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe study aimed at evaluating feedback processing at the electrophysiological level and its relation to learning in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) to further advance our understanding of the underlying neural mechanisms of feedback-based learning in children with this disorder.

methodA feedback-based probabilistic learning task required children to classify novel cartoon animals into two categories that differ on five binary features, the probabilistic combination of which determined classification. The learning outcomes' variance in relation to time- and time-frequency measures of feedback processing were examined and compared between 20 children with developmental language disorder and 25 age-matched children with typical language development.

resultsChildren with developmental language disorder (DLD) performed poorer on the task when compared with their age-matched peers with typical language development (TD). The electrophysiological data in the time domain indicated no differences in the processing of positive and negative feedback among children with DLD. However, the time-frequency analysis revealed a strong theta activity in response to negative feedback in this group, suggesting an initial distinction between positive and negative feedback that was not captured by the ERP data. In the TD group, delta activity played a major role in shaping the FRN and P3a and was found to predict test performance. Delta did not contribute to the FRN and P3a in the DLD group. Additionally, theta and delta activities were not associated with the learning outcomes of children with DLD.

conclusionTheta activity, which is associated with the initial processing of feedback at the level of the anterior cingulate cortex, was detected in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) but was not associated with their learning outcomes. Delta activity, which is assumed to be generated by the striatum and to be linked to elaborate processing of outcomes and adjustment of future actions, contributed to processing and learning outcomes of children with typical language development but not of children with DLD. The results provide evidence for atypical striatum-based feedback processing in children with DLD.

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Language Development DisordersCorpus StriatumFeedbackHumansLanguage DevelopmentLearning

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