A reexamination of the visuospatial deficit in Turner syndrome: Contributions of working memory

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 341-367

  Buchanan, Lori ^a   Pavlovic, Jelena ^b   Rovet, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KARYOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TURNER SYNDROME; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0031827283     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649809540715     Document Type: Review

References (89)

1. Alexander, D., & Money, J. (1966). Turner's syndrome and Gerstmann's syndrome: Neuropsychologic comparisons. Neuropsychologia, 4, 265-273
2. Alexander, D., Walker, H., & Money, J. (1964). Studies in direction sense. Archives of General Psychiatry, 10, 337-339.
3. Ames, A. (1955). The nature of our perception, apprehension and behavior. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
4. Baddeley, A. D. (1986). Working memory. New York: Oxford University Press.
5. Baddeley, A. D. & Hitch, G. J. (1994). Developments in the concept of working memory. Neuropsychology, 8, 485-493.
6. Bauer, R M., & Rubens, A. B. (1985). Agnosia. In K. M. Heilman & E. Valenstein (Eds.), Clinical neuropsychology (2nd ed., pp. 187-241). New York: Oxford University Press.
7. Berch, D. B. (1996). Memory. In J. Rovet (Ed.), Turner syndrome across the lifespan (pp. 140-145). Toronto: Klein Graphics
8. Berch, D. B. & Kirkendall, K. L. (1986). Spatial information processing in 45,X children. In A. Robinson (Chair), Cognitive and psychosocial dysfunctions associated with sex chromosome abnormalities. Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia.
9. Buchanan, L., Pavlovic, J., &. Rovet, J. (in press). The contribution of visuospatial working memory to impairments in facial processing and arithmetic in Turner syndrome. Brain and Cognition.
10. Clark, C., Klonoff, H., & Hayden, M. (1990). Regional cerebral glucose metabolism in Turner syndrome. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 17, 140-144.
11. Collaer, M., & Hines, M. (1995). Human behavioral sex differences: A role for gonadal hormones during early development? Psychological Bulletin, 118, 55-107.
12. Deal, C. L. (1995) Parental genomic imprinting. Current Opinions in Pediatrics, 7, 445-448.
13. De Renzi, E. (1982). Memory disorders following focal neocortical damage. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences, 295(1089), 73-83.
14. Downey, J., Elkin, E., Ehrhardt, E., Meyer-Bahlburg, A., Bell, H., & Akira, J. (1991). Cognitive ability and everyday functioning in women with Turner syndrome. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24, 32-39.
15. Elliott, T. K., Watkins, J. M., Messa, C., Lippe, B., & Chugani, H. ( 1996). Positron emission tomography and neuropsychological correlations in children with Turner's syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 12, 365-386.
16. Garron, D. (1977). Intelligence among persons with Turner's syndrome. Behavior Genetics, 7, 105-127.
17. Gordon, H. W., & Galatzer, A. (1980) Cerebral organization in patients with gonadal dysgenesis. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 5, 235-244.
18. Halpern, D. F. (1986). Sex differences in cognitive abilities, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
19. Haxby, J., Grady, C., Ungerleider, L., & Horowitz, B. (1991). Mapping the functional neuroanatomy of the intact human brain with brain work imaging. Neuropsychologia, 29, 539-555.
20. Hier, D. B , Atkins, L , & Perlo, V. P. (1980). Learning disorders and sex chromosome aberrations. Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 24, 17-26.
21. Hook, E. B., & Warburton, D (1983). The distribution of chromosomal genotypes associated with Turner's syndrome: Livebirth prevalence rates and evidence for diminished fetal mortality and severity in genotypes associated with structural abnormalities or mosaicism. Human Genetics, 64, 24-27.
22. Johnson, E. S., & Meade, A. C. (1987). Developmental patterns of spatial ability: An early sex difference. Child Development, 58, 725-740.
23. Johnson, R, Rohrbaugh, J., & Ross, J. (1993). Altered brain development in Turner's syndrome. Neurology, 43, 801-808.
24. Johnson, R., & Ross, J. (1994). Event-related potential indications of altered brain development in Turner syndrome. In S Broman & J Grafman (Eds.), Atypical cognitive deficits in developmental disorders: Implications for brain function (pp. 217-242). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
25. Jonides, J., Smith, E E., Koeppe, R. A., Awh, E., Minoshima, S., & Mintun, M. A. (1993). Spatial working memory in humans as revealed by PET. Nature, 363, 623-625.
26. Just, M A., & Carpenter, P.A. (1976). Eye fixations and cognitive processes. Cognitive Psychology, 8, 441-480.
27. Kolb, J., & Heaton, R. (1975). Lateralized neurologic deficits and psychopathology in a Turner syndrome patient. Archives of General Psychiatry, 32, 1198-1200.
28. Kosslyn, S. E. (1980). Image and mind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
29. Kosslyn, S. E., Alpert, N. M., Thompson, W. L., Chabris, C. F., Rauch, S. L., & Anderson, A. K. (1993). Components of object identification: PET investigations. Unpublished manuscript, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
30. Levine, D. N., Warach, J., & Farah, M. J. (1985). Two visual systems in mental imagery: Dissociations of "what" and "where" in imagery disorders due to bilateral posterior cerebral lesions. Neurology, 35, 1010-1018.
31. Lewandowski, L., Costenbader, V., & Richman, R. (1985). Neuropsychological aspects of Turner syndrome. International Journal of Neuropsychology, 1, 144-147.
32. Linn, M. C., & Petersen, A. C. (1985). Emergence and characterization of sex differences in spatial abilities: A meta analysis. Child Development, 56, 1479-1498.
33. Lippe, B. M, (1982). Primary ovarian failure. In S. A, Kaplan (Ed.), Clinical pediatric and adolescent endocrinology (pp. 325-366). Philadelphia: Saunders.
34. Lippe, B. M. (1991). Turner syndrome. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 20, 121-152.
35. Lyon, M. F. (1962) Sex chromatin and gene action in the mammalian X-chromosome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 14, 135-148.
36. Maccoby, E. E., & Jacklin, C. N (1974) The psychology of sex differences. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
37. McIntosh, A. R., Grady, C. L., Ungerleider, L. G., Haxby, J. V., Rapoport, S. I., & Horwitz, B. (1994). Network analysis of cortical visual pathways mapped with PET The Journal of Neuroscience, 14, 655-666.
38. McCauley, E., Kay, T., Ito, J., & Treder, R. (1987). The Turner's syndrome: Cognitive deficits, affective discrimination and behavior problems. Child Development, 58, 464-473.
39. McGlone, J. (1985). Can spatial deficits in Turner's syndrome be explained by focal CNS dysfunction or atypical speech lateralization? Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 7, 375-394.
40. Merigan, W. H., & Maunsell, J. H. (1993). How parallel are the primate visual pathways? Annual Review of Neuroscience, 16, 369-402.
41. Migeon, B. R., Luo, S., Jani, M., & Jeppesen, P. (1994). The severe phenotype of females with tiny ring X chromosomes is associated with inability of these chromosomes to undergo X inactivation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 55, 497-504.
42. Mishkin, M., & Ungerleider, L. G. (1982) Contribution of striate inputs to the visuospatial functions of parieto-preoccipital cortex in monkeys. Behavioral Brain Research, 6, 57-77.
43. Mishkin, M , Ungerleider, L. G., & Macko, K. A. (1983). Object vision and spatial vision: Two cortical pathways. Trends in Neuroscience, 6, 414-417.
44. Molland, E. A., & Purcell, M. (1974). Biliary artesia and the Dandy-Walker anomaly in a neonate with 45,X Turner's Syndrome. Journal of Pathology, 115, 227-231.
45. Money, J (1963). Cytogenetic and psychosexual incongruities with a note on space-form blindness. American Journal of Psychiatry, 119, 820-827.
46. Money, J., & Alexander, D. (1966). Turner's syndrome: Further demonstration of the presence of specific cognitional deficiencies. Journal of Medical Genetics, 3, 47-48.
47. Money, J , & Granoff, D (1965). IQ and the somatic stigmata of Turner's syndrome. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 70, 69-77.
48. Murphy, D., Allen, G., Haxby, J., Largay, K., Daly, E., White, B., Powell, C., & Schapiro, M. (1994). The effects of sex steroids, and the X chromosome, on female brain function: A study of the neuropsychology of adult Turner syndrome. Neuropsychologia, 32, 1309-1323.
49. Murphy, D., DeCarli, C., Daly, E., Haxby, J., Allen, G., White, B., McIntosh, A., Powell, C , Horwitz, B , Rapoport, S., & Schapiro, M. (1993). X-chromosome effects on female brain: A magnetic resonance imaging study of Turner's syndrome. Lancet, 342, 1197-1200.
50. Netley, C. (1977). Dichotic listening of callosal agenesis and Turner's syndrome patients. In C. Netley (Ed.), Language and development and neurological theory (pp. 133-143). New York: Academic.
51. Nielsen, J., Nyborg, H., & Dahl, G. (1977). Turner's syndrome: A psychiatric-psychological study of 45 women with Turner's syndrome, compared with their sisters and women with normal karyotypes, growth retardation, and primary amenorrhea. Acta Jutlandica, 45(Medicine Series 21), 190.
52. Nyborg, H. (1990). Sex hormones, brain development, and spatio-perceptual strategies in Turner syndrome. In D. Berch & B. Bender (Eds.), Sex chromosomes abnormalities and human behavior: Psychological studies (pp. 100-129). Boulder, CO: Westview.
53. Page, D. C. (1995). Mapping and targeting Turner genes. In K. A. Albertsson-Wikland & M. B. Ranke (Eds.), Turner syndrome in a life span perspective: Research and clinical aspects (pp. 11). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
54. Pennington, B. F., Heaton, R. K., Karzmark, P., Pendelton, R., Lehman, R., & Shucard, D. W. (1985). The neuropsychological phenotype in Turner's syndrome. Cortex, 27, 391-404.
55. Portellano-Perez, J, J. A., Bouthelier, R. G., & Monge, I. A. (1996). New neurophysiological and neuropsychological contributions on Turner syndrome. In J. Rovet (Ed.), Turner syndrome across the lifespan (pp. 52-57). Toronto: Klein Graphics.
56. Reiss, A. L., Freund, L., Plotnick, L., Baumgartner, T., Green, K., Sozer, A. C., Reader, M., Boehm, C., & Denkla, M. B. (1993). The effects of X monosomy on brain development: Monozygotic twins discordant for Turner's syndrome. Annals of Neurology, 34, 97-105.
57. Reiss, A. L., Mazzocco, M. M., Greenlaw, R., Freund, L., & Ross, J. L. (1995). Neurodevelopmental effects of X monosomy: A volumetric imaging study. Annals of Neurology, 38, 731-738.
58. Reske-Nielsen, E., Christensen, A., & Nielsen, J. (1982) A neuropathological and neuropsychological study of Turner's syndrome. Cortex, 18, 181-191.
59. Robinson, A., Bender, B., Borelli, J., Puck, M., Salbenglatt, J., & Winter, J. (1986). Sex chromosomal aneuploidy: Prospective and longitudinal studies. In S. Ratcliffe & N. Paul (Ed.), Prospective studies on children with sex chromosome aneuploidy (pp. 23-73). New York: Liss.
60. Rosenfeld, R. G., & Grumbach, M. M. (Eds.). (1990). Turner syndrome. New York: Marcel Dekker.
61. Ross, J. L. (1996). Estrogen therapy in the treatment of Turner syndrome. In J. Rovet (Ed.), Turner syndrome across the lifespan (pp. 93-96). Toronto. Klein Graphics.
62. Ross, J. L., Roeltgen, D., & Cutler, G. B. (1995). The neurodevelopmental transition between childhood and adolescence in girls with Turner syndrome. In K. A. Albertsson-Wikland & M. B. Ranke (Eds.), Turner syndrome in a life span perspective: Research and clinical aspects (pp. 297-308). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
63. Ross, J. L., & Zinn, A. (in press). Turner syndrome: Potential hormonal and genetic influences on the neurocognitive profile. In H. Tager-Flusberg (Ed.), Neurodevelopmental disorders. Contributions to a new framework from the cognitive neurosciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
64. Rovet, J. (1990). The cognitive and neuropsychological characteristics of children with Turner syndrome In D. Berch & B. Bender (Ed ), Sex chromosome abnormalities and human behavior: Psychological studies (pp. 38-77). Boulder, CO: Westview.
65. Rovet, J. (1993). The psychoeducational characteristics of children with Turner syndrome. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 26, 333-341.
66. Rovet, J. (1995). Behavioral manifestations of Turner syndrome in children: A unique phenotype. In K. A. Albertsson-Wikland &. M. B. Ranke (Eds.), Turner syndrome in a life span perspective: Research and clinical aspects (pp. 285-295). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
67. Rovet, J. (1996). Arithmetic processing in Turner syndrome. In J. Rovet (Ed.), Turner syndrome across the lifespan (pp. 44-51). Toronto: Klein Graphics.
68. Rovet, J., & Buchanan, L. (in press). Turner syndrome: A cognitive neuroscience approach. In H. Tager-Flausberg (Ed.), Neurodevelopmental disorders: Contributions to a new framework from the cognitive neurosciences. Cambridge. MA: MIT Press.
69. Rovet, J., & Ireland, L. (1994). The behavioral phenotype of children with Turner syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19, 779-790.
70. Rovet, J., & Netley, C. (1982). Processing deficits in Turner's syndrome. Developmental Psychology, 18, 77-94.
71. Rovet, J., Netley, C., Bailey, J., Keenan, M., & Stewart, D. (1995). Intelligence and achievement in children with extra X aneuploidy: A longitudinal perspective. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 60, 356-363.
72. Rovet, J., Szekely, C., & Hockenberry, M (1994). Specific arithmetic deficits in children with Turner syndrome. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 16, 820-839.
73. Sergent, J., Ohta S., & MacDonald, B. (1992). Functional neuroanatomy and object processing. A positron emission tomography study. Brain, J, 15-36.
74. Sergent, J., Zuck, E., Levesque, M., & MacDonald, B. (1992). Positron emission tomography study of letter and object processing: Empirical findings and methodological considerations. Cerebral Cortex, 2, 68-80.
75. Shaffer, J. W. (1962). A specific cognitive deficit observed in gonadal aplasia (Turner syndrome). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 18, 403-406.
76. Sheppard, R. N., &. Metzler, J. (1971). Mental rotation of three-dimensional objects. Science, 171, 701-703.
77. Shucard, D. W., Shucard, J. L , Clopper, R. J., & Schacter, M. (1992) Electrophysiological and neuropsychological indices of cognitive processing deficits in Turner syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 8, 299-323.
78. Silbert, A , Wolff, P., & Lilienthal, J. (1977). Spatial and temporal processing in patients with Turner's syndrome. Behavior Genetics, 7, 11-21.
79. Singh, R., & Carr, H. (1966). The anatomy and histology of human embryos and fetuses. Anatomy Research, 155, 369-384.
80. Temple, C., & Carney, R. (1993). Intellectual functioning of children with Turner syndrome: A comparison of behavioural phenotypes. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 35, 691-698.
81. Temple, C., Carney, R., & Mullarkey, S. (1996). Frontal lobe function and executive skills in children with Turner's syndrome Developmental Neuropsychology, 12, 343-363.
82. Tresch, M. C., Sinnamon, H. M., & Seamon, J. G. (1993). Double dissociation of spatial and object visual memory: Evidence from selective interference in intact human subjects. Neuropsychologia, 31, 211-219.
83. Tsuboi, T., & Nielsen, J. (1976). Electroencephalographic examination of 50 women with Turner's syndrome. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 54, 359-365.
84. Waber, D (1979). Neuropsychological aspects of Turner syndrome. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 21, 58-70.
85. Wechsler, D. (1991). Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (3rd ed.). New York: Psychological Corporation.
86. Williams, C L., & Meck, W. H. (1991). The organizational effects of gonadal hormones on sexually dimorphic spatial ability Psychoneuroendrocrinology, 16, 155-176.
87. Williams, J., Richman, L., & Yarbrough, D. (1991). A comparison of memory and attention in Turner syndrome and learning disability. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 16, 585-593.
88. Wilson, J. D., & Foster, D. W. (Eds.) (1985). Williams textbook of endocrinology (7th ed.) Philadelphia. Saunders
89. Zinn, A , Page, D., & Fisher, E, (1993). Turner syndrome: The case of the missing sex chromosome. Trends in Genetics, 9, 90-93.