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Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders

OBJECTIVE: Temporal processing is the brain's ability to process rapid successive stimuli, and children with neurodevelopmental disorders showed temporal processing deficits. Empirical evidence suggests that in-person intervention on temporal processing improves various cognitive functions of t...

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Autores principales: Chan, Agnes S, Sze, Sophia L, Cheung, Mei-Chun
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37780065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231203900
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description OBJECTIVE: Temporal processing is the brain's ability to process rapid successive stimuli, and children with neurodevelopmental disorders showed temporal processing deficits. Empirical evidence suggests that in-person intervention on temporal processing improves various cognitive functions of these children, and the present study aimed to study the effects of temporal processing tele-intervention (TPT) on the cognitive functions of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. METHODS: Ninety-five children with neurodevelopmental disorders were recruited and randomly assigned to remotely receive either TPT or conventional language remediation (CLR) in 20 parallel group-based intervention sessions once per week. Their cognitive functions were assessed before and after the intervention. RESULTS: The TPT group demonstrated a specific and significant improvement in working memory (p < .001). While there was an overall significant improvement in sustained attention in terms of processing speed after both types of intervention (p = .006), the positive effects of TPT might be more prominent than that of CLR given the significant pre–post difference after receiving TPT (p = .012) but not CLR (p = .21). Regarding rapid naming accuracy which had marginally significant improvement after the intervention (p = .03), the trend of improvement in TPT (p = .05) also seemed more apparent than that of CLR (p = .18). Finally, the TPT group had significant improvement in word knowledge (p < .001), rapid naming speed (p < .001), sustained attention in terms of accuracy (p < .001), and verbal learning and memory (p < .01) to an extent similar to that of the CLR group. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that TPT can be a potential intervention for improving cognitive functions in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Clinical trial registration number: NCT05428657 at ClinicalTrials.gov (https://clinicaltrials.gov/).
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spelling pubmed-105406112023-09-30 Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders Chan, Agnes S Sze, Sophia L Cheung, Mei-Chun Digit Health Original Research OBJECTIVE: Temporal processing is the brain's ability to process rapid successive stimuli, and children with neurodevelopmental disorders showed temporal processing deficits. Empirical evidence suggests that in-person intervention on temporal processing improves various cognitive functions of these children, and the present study aimed to study the effects of temporal processing tele-intervention (TPT) on the cognitive functions of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. METHODS: Ninety-five children with neurodevelopmental disorders were recruited and randomly assigned to remotely receive either TPT or conventional language remediation (CLR) in 20 parallel group-based intervention sessions once per week. Their cognitive functions were assessed before and after the intervention. RESULTS: The TPT group demonstrated a specific and significant improvement in working memory (p < .001). While there was an overall significant improvement in sustained attention in terms of processing speed after both types of intervention (p = .006), the positive effects of TPT might be more prominent than that of CLR given the significant pre–post difference after receiving TPT (p = .012) but not CLR (p = .21). Regarding rapid naming accuracy which had marginally significant improvement after the intervention (p = .03), the trend of improvement in TPT (p = .05) also seemed more apparent than that of CLR (p = .18). Finally, the TPT group had significant improvement in word knowledge (p < .001), rapid naming speed (p < .001), sustained attention in terms of accuracy (p < .001), and verbal learning and memory (p < .01) to an extent similar to that of the CLR group. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that TPT can be a potential intervention for improving cognitive functions in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Clinical trial registration number: NCT05428657 at ClinicalTrials.gov (https://clinicaltrials.gov/). SAGE Publications 2023-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10540611/ /pubmed/37780065 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231203900 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work as published without adaptation or alteration, without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
title Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
title_full Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
title_fullStr Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
title_full_unstemmed Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
title_short Temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
title_sort temporal processing tele-intervention improves language, attention, and memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37780065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231203900
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