Memory processes in learning disability subtypes of children born preterm

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-189

  McCoy, Thomasin E ^a   Conrad, Amy L ^a   Richman, Lynn C ^a   Nopoulos, Peg C ^a   Bell, Edward F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language disability; Learning disability; Memory; Perceptual motor disability; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84873683225     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2011.648922     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Anderson, P. J., Doyle, L. W., and, The Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group. 2004. Executive functioning in school-aged children who were born very preterm or with extremely low birth weight in the 1990s. Pediatrics, 114: 50-57. doi: 10.1542pleds.114.1.50 (Pubitemid 38857565)
2. Atikinson, J., and, Braddick, O. 2011. From genes to brain development to phenotypic behavior "Dorsal-stream vulnerability" in relation to spatial cognition, attention, and planning of actions in Williams syndrome (WS) and other developmental disorders. Progressive Brain Research, 189: 261-283.
3. August, G. J., and, Garfinkel, B. D. 1989. Behavioral and cognitive subtypes of ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 28: 739-748. (Pubitemid 19239927)
4. Aylward, G. P. 2005. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of infants born prematurely. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 26: 427-440. doi: 0196-206X/05/2606-0427 (Pubitemid 44384154)
5. Baron, I. S., Erickson, K., Ahronovich, M. D., Litman, F. R., and, Brandt, J. 2010. Spatial location memory discriminates children born at extremely low birth weight and late-preterm at age three. Neuropsychology, 24: 787-794.
6. Beck, S. J., Hanson, C. A., Puffenberger, S. S., Benninger, K. L., and, Benninger, W. B. 2010. A controlled trial of working memory training for children and adolescents with ADHD. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39: 825-836.
7. Bell, E. F., Strauss, R. G., Widness, J. A., Mahoney, L. T., Mock, D. M., Seward, V. J. 2005. Randomized trial of liberal versus restrictive guidelines for red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants. Pediatrics, 115: 1685-1691. doi: 10.1542/peds.2004-1884 (Pubitemid 43843180)
8. Benton, A. L., and, Hamsher, K. D. 1983. " Multilingual Aphasia Examination ". In Iowa City, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics: IA: Department of Neurology.
9. Bhutta, A., Cleeves, M., Casey, P., Cradock, M., and, Anand, K. 2002. Cognitive and behavioral outcomes of school-aged children who were born preterm: A meta- analysis. Journal of the American Medical Association, 288: 728-737. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.6.728 (Pubitemid 34848226)
10. Bishop, D. V. M., North, T., and, Donlan, C. 1996. Nonword repetition as behavioural marker for inherited language impairment: Evidence from a twin study. Journal of Child Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, 37: 391-404.
11. Bohm, B., Smedler, A. C., and, Forssberg, H. 2004. Impulse control, working memory and other executive functions in preterm children when starting school. Acta Paediatrica, 93: 1363-1371. (Pubitemid 39273911)
12. Briscoe, J., Gathercole, S. E., and, Marlow, N. 1998. Short-term memory and language outcomes after extreme prematurity at birth. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41: 654-666. (Pubitemid 28299857)
13. Chase, W. G., and, Ericson, K. A. 1982. " Skill and working memory ". In The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Edited by: Bower, G. H. 37-50. New York, NY: Academic Press.
14. Cheatham, C. L., Bauer, P. J., and, Georgieff, M. K. 2006. Predicting individual differences in recall by infants born preterm and fullterm. Infancy, 10: 17-42. (Pubitemid 44227049)
15. Cheatham, C. L., Sesma, H. W., Bauer, P. J., and, Georgieff, M. K. 2006. The development of declarative memory in infants born preterm. Advanced Child Development and Behavior, 38: 111-135. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374471-5.00005-2
16. de Haan, M., Bauer, P. J., Georgieff, M. K., and, Nelson, C. A. 2000. Explicit memory in low-risk infants aged 19 months born between 27 and 42 weeks of gestation. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 42: 304-312. (Pubitemid 30307437)
17. Denkla, M., and, Rudel, R. 1976. Rapid automatized naming (RAN): Dyslexia differentiated from other learning disabilities. Neuropsychologia, 14: 471-479.
18. Douglas, V. I., and, Benezra, E. 1990. Supraspan verbal memory in attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity normal and reading-disabled boys. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 18: 617-638.
19. Gathercole, S. E., and, Baddeley, A. D. 1990. Phonological memory deficits in language disordered children: Is there a causal connection?. Journal of Memory and Language, 29: 336-360.
20. Gilliam, R. B., Cowan, N., and, Day, L. S. 1995. Sequential memory in children with and without language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38: 393-402.
21. Grannigan, G. G., and, Decker, S. L. 2003. Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test, 2nd ed, Itasca, IL: Riverside.
22. Grunau, R. E., Whitfield, M. F., and, Davis, C. 2002. Pattern of learning disabilities in children with extremely low birth weight and broadly average intelligence. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 156: 615-620. (Pubitemid 34596193)
23. Hack, M., Breslau, N., Aram, D., Weissman, B., Klein, N., and, Borawski-Clark, E. 1992. The effect of very low birth weight and social risk on neurocognitive abilities at school age. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 13: 412-420.
24. Hack, M., Taylor, H. G., Klein, N., Eiben, R., Schatschneider, C., and, Mercuri-Minich, N. 1994. School-age outcomes in children with birth weights under 750 g. The New England Journal of Medicine, 331: 753-759. (Pubitemid 24284763)
25. Hall, A., McLeod, A., Counsell, C., Thomson, L., and, Mutch, L. 1995. School attainment, cognitive ability and motor function in a total Scottish very-low- birthweight population at eight years: A controlled study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 37: 1037-1050. (Pubitemid 26013584)
26. Harnadek, C. S., and, Rourke, B. P. 1994. Principal identifying features of the syndrome of nonverbal learning disabilities in children. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27: 144-154.
27. Harvey, J., O'Callaghan, M., and, Mohay, H. 1999. Executive function of children with extremely low birthweight: A case control study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 41: 292-297. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1999. tb00605.x (Pubitemid 29209584)
28. Herrgård, E., Luoma, L., Tuppurainen, K., Karjalainen, S., and, Martikainen, A. 1993. Neurodevelopmental profile at five years of children born at < or = 32 weeks gestation. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 35: 1083-1096. (Pubitemid 23346433)
29. Holmes, J., Gathercole, S. E., and, Dunning, D. L. 2009. Adaptive training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children. Developmental Science, 12: F9-F15.
30. Jakobson, L. S., Frisk, V., Knight, R. M., Downie, A. L., and, Whyte, H. 2001. The relationship between periventricular brain injury and deficits in visual processing among extremely-low-birthweight (< 1000 g) children. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 26: 503-512. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/26.8.503 (Pubitemid 33131637)
31. Johnson, B. D., Altmaier, E. M., and, Richman, L. C. 1999. Attention deficits and reading disabilities: Are immediate memory defects additive?. Developmental Neuropsychology, 15: 213-226. (Pubitemid 29162862)
32. Klein, N. K., Hack, M., and, Breslau, N. 1989. Children who were very low birth weight: Development and academic achievement at nine years of age. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 10: 32-37. (Pubitemid 19055707)
33. Klingberg, T., Fernell, E., Olesen, P. J., Johnson, M., Gustafsson, P., Dahlström, K. 2005. Computerized training of working memory in children with ADHD-A randomized, controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44: 177-186. (Pubitemid 40189829)
34. Klingberg, T., Forssberg, H., and, Westerberg, H. 2002. Training of working memory in children with ADHD. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 24: 781-791. (Pubitemid 36042856)
35. Kløve, H. 1963. " Clinical neuropsychology ". In Medical Clinics of North America, Edited by: Forester, F. M. New York, NY: Saunders.
36. Lindgren, S. D., and, Lyon, D. 1983. PACE: Pediatric Assessment of Cognitive Efficiency, Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, Department of Pediatrics.
37. Lindgren, S. D., and, Richman, L. C. 1984. Immediate memory functions of verbally deficient, reading-disabled children. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 17: 222-225.
38. Lindgren, S. D., Richman, L. C., and, Eliason, M. J. 1986. Memory processes in reading disability subtypes. Developmental Neuropsychology, 2: 173-181.
39. Lohaugen, G. C., Antonsen, I., Håberg, A, Gramstad, A., Vik, T., Brubakk, A. M. 2010. Computerized working memory training improves function in adolescents born at extremely low birth weight. Journal of Pediatrics, 158: 555-561.
40. Luciana, M., Lindeke, L., Mills, M., and, Nelson, C. 1999. Neurobehavioral evidence for working memory deficits in school-aged children with histories of prematurity. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 41: 521-533. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1999.tb00652.x (Pubitemid 29389592)
41. Luu, T. M., Ment, L., Allan, W., Schneider, K., and, Vohr, B. R. 2011. Executive and memory function in adolescents born very preterm. Pediatrics, 127: 639-646. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-1421
42. McCarthy, A. M., Richman, L., and, Yarbrough, D. 1995. Memory, attention and school performance problems in children with seizure disorders. Developmental Neuropsychology, 11: 71-86.
43. McCoy, T. E., Conrad, A. L., Richman, L. C., Lindgren, S. D., Nopoulos, P. C., and, Bell, E. F. 2011. Neurocognitive profiles of preterm infants randomly assigned to lower or higher hematocrit thresholds for transfusion. Child Neuropsychology, 17: 347-367. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2010.544647
44. Naberhaus, A., Segarra, D., Gimenez, M., Junque, C., Pueyo, R., and, Botet, F. 2007. Memory performance in a sample of very low birth weight adolescents. Developmental Neuropsychology, 31: 129-135. doi: 10.1080/87565640709336890 (Pubitemid 46360912)
45. Olesen, P. J., Westerberg, H., and, Klingberg, T. 2003. Increased prefrontal and parietal activity after training of working memory. Nature Neuroscience, 7: 75-79.
46. Raiford, S. E., Weiss, L. G., Rolfhus, E. L., & Coalson, D. (2005). Clinical validity (WISC-IV Technical Report No. 4). http://harcourtassessment. com/hai/Images/pdf/wisciv/WISCIVTechReport4.pdf (http://harcourtassessment.com/ hai/Images/pdf/wisciv/WISCIVTechReport4.pdf)
47. Richardson, D. K., Gray, J. E., McCormick, M. C., Workman, K., and, Goldmann, D. A. Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology: A physiologic severity index for neonatal intensive care. Pediatrics, 91 617-23.
48. Richman, L. C., and, Lindgren, S. D. 1978. Color Span Test Manual, Iowa City, IA: Educational Resources.
49. Richman, L. C., Ryan, S., Wilgenbusch, T., and, Millard, T. 2004. Overdiagnosis and medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children with cleft: Diagnostic examination and follow-up. Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal, 41: 351-354. (Pubitemid 38943967)
50. Rickards, A. L., Kitchen, W. H., Doyle, L. W., Ford, G. W., Kelly, E. A., and, Callanan, C. 1993. Cognition, school performance, and behavior in very low birth weight and normal birth weight children at 8 years of age: A longitudinal study. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 14: 363-368.
51. Rohwer, W. D. (1980). An elaborative conception of learner differences. In R. E. Snow, P. A. Federico, & W. E. Montague (Eds.), Aptitude, Learning, and Instruction: Vol. 2. Cognitive Process Analyses of Learning and Problem Solving (pp. 23-40). Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
52. Ross, G., Lipper, E. G., and, Auid, P. A. M. 1991. Educational status and school-related abilities of very low birthweight and premature children. Pediatrics, 88: 1125-1134.
53. Saavalainen, P., Luoma, L., Bowler, D., Maatta, S., Kiviniemi, V., Laukkanen, E. 2007. Spatial span in very prematurely born adolescents. Developmental Neuropsychology, 32: 769-785. (Pubitemid 350086268)
54. Sergeant, J., and, Van der Meere, J. 1990. Additive factor method applied to psychopathology with special reference to childhood hyperactivity. Acta Psychologica, 74: 277-295.
55. Siegel, L. S., and, Linder, B. A. 1984. Short-term memory processes in children with reading and arithmetic learning disabilities. Developmental Psychology, 20: 200-207.
56. Stephens, B. E., and, Vohr, B. R. 2009. Neurodevelopmental outcome of the premature infant. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 56: 631-646. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.03.005
57. Tarnowski, K. J., Prinz, R. J., and, Nay, S. M. 1986. Comparative analysis of attentional deficits in hyperactive and learning-disabled children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95: 341-345. (Pubitemid 17041178)
58. Taylor, H. G., Klein, N., Drotar, D., Schluchter, M., and, Hack, M. 2006. Consequences and risks of < 1000-g birth weight for neuropsychological skills, achievement, and adaptive functioning. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 27: 459-469. (Pubitemid 44973485)
59. Taylor, H. G., Klein, N., and, Hack, M. 2000. School-age consequences of birth weight less than 750 g: A review and update. Developmental Neuropsychology, 17: 289-321.
60. Taylor, H. G., Klein, N., Minich, N. M., and, Hack, M. 2000. Verbal memory deficits in children with less than 750 g birth weight. Child Neuropsychology, 6: 49-63. doi: 0929-7049/00/0601-049
61. Taylor, H. G., Minich, N. M., Klein, N., and, Hack, M. 2004. Longitudinal outcomes of very low birth weight: Neuropsychological findings. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10: 149-163. doi: 10.1017/ S1355617704102038 (Pubitemid 38418172)
62. Tranel, D., Hall, L. E., Olson, S., and, Tranel, N. N. 1987. Evidence for a right- hemisphere developmental learning disability. Developmental Neuropsychology, 3: 113-127.
63. Wechsler, D. 2003a. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Administration and scoring manual (4th ed.), San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
64. Wechsler, D. 2003b. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Technical and interpretive manual (4th ed.), San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
65. Westerberg, H., and, Klingberg, T. 2007. Changes in cortical activity after training of working memory-A single subject analysis. Physiology of Behavior, 92: 186-192. (Pubitemid 47374256)
66. Whitfield, M. F., Grunau, R. V. E., and, Holsti, L. 1997. Extremely premature (≤ 800 g) schoolchildren: Multiple areas of hidden disability. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 77: F85-F90. doi: 10.1136/fn.77.2.F85
67. Wilkinson, G. S. 1993. The Wide Range Achievement Test: Administration manual (3rd ed.), Wilmington, DE: Wide Range.
68. Wolke, D., and, Meyer, R. 1999. Cognitive status, language attainment, and prereading skills of 6-year-old very preterm children and their peers: The Bavarian longitudinal study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 41: 94-109. (Pubitemid 29074076)
69. Wood, K. M., Richman, L. C., and, Eliason, M. J. 1989. Immediate memory functions in reading disability subtypes. Brain and Language, 36: 181-192. (Pubitemid 19066521)
70. Woodward, L. J., Edgin, J. O., Thompson, D., and, Inder, T. E. 2005. Object working memory deficits predicted by early brain injury and development in the preterm infant. Brain, 128: 2578-2587. doi: 10.1093/brain/awh618 (Pubitemid 41552943)
71. Zimmer, H. D., Speiser, H. R., and, Seidler, B. 2003. Spatio-temporal working-memory and short-term object-location tasks use different memory mechanisms. Acta Psychologica, 114: 41-65. doi: 10.1016/S0001-69180300049-0 (Pubitemid 36977246)