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Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery

AIM: Preliminary assessment of executive functions in children with cerebellar lesions, description of their emotional-social functioning and selection of sensitive neuropsychological tools to detect the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group consisted...

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Autores principales: Starowicz-Filip, Anna, Bętkowska-Korpała, Barbara, Yablonska, Tetiana, Kwiatkowski, Stanisław, Milczarek, Olga, Klasa, Łukasz, Chrobak, Adrian Andrzej
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9583864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36275206
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.961577
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author Starowicz-Filip, Anna
Bętkowska-Korpała, Barbara
Yablonska, Tetiana
Kwiatkowski, Stanisław
Milczarek, Olga
Klasa, Łukasz
Chrobak, Adrian Andrzej
author_facet Starowicz-Filip, Anna
Bętkowska-Korpała, Barbara
Yablonska, Tetiana
Kwiatkowski, Stanisław
Milczarek, Olga
Klasa, Łukasz
Chrobak, Adrian Andrzej
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description AIM: Preliminary assessment of executive functions in children with cerebellar lesions, description of their emotional-social functioning and selection of sensitive neuropsychological tools to detect the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 10 children after cerebellar tumour surgery. The control group consisted of 10 healthy children, matched for age and sex: The IDS-2 executive functions battery, the Conners 3 ADHD questionnaire, the Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (ASRS) and the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) were used. RESULTS: Statistical analysis showed statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of two dimensions of executive functioning. Children from experimental group was characterised by worse planning and divided attention than healthy controls. Moreover children with cerebellar lesions were characterised by significantly higher levels of some behaviours similar to that observed in autism spectrum disorders, namely difficulties in social relationships, self-regulation of emotions, attention, and greater behavioural rigidity. Test power analysis and estimation of the effect size by the Cohen’s d coefficient indicated that with a slight increase in the size of the experimental group, the probability of detecting statistically significant difference in the executive functions total measure score as well as in several ASRS subscales increased, but not in Conners 3 subscales. CONCLUSIONS: Cerebellar damage may pose a risk for dysexecutive syndrome and social-emotional problems in children. The IDS-2 executive functions battery and the ASRS test are sufficiently sensitive tools to assess elements of the CCAS in children.
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spelling pubmed-95838642022-10-21 Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery Starowicz-Filip, Anna Bętkowska-Korpała, Barbara Yablonska, Tetiana Kwiatkowski, Stanisław Milczarek, Olga Klasa, Łukasz Chrobak, Adrian Andrzej Front Psychol Psychology AIM: Preliminary assessment of executive functions in children with cerebellar lesions, description of their emotional-social functioning and selection of sensitive neuropsychological tools to detect the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 10 children after cerebellar tumour surgery. The control group consisted of 10 healthy children, matched for age and sex: The IDS-2 executive functions battery, the Conners 3 ADHD questionnaire, the Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (ASRS) and the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) were used. RESULTS: Statistical analysis showed statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of two dimensions of executive functioning. Children from experimental group was characterised by worse planning and divided attention than healthy controls. Moreover children with cerebellar lesions were characterised by significantly higher levels of some behaviours similar to that observed in autism spectrum disorders, namely difficulties in social relationships, self-regulation of emotions, attention, and greater behavioural rigidity. Test power analysis and estimation of the effect size by the Cohen’s d coefficient indicated that with a slight increase in the size of the experimental group, the probability of detecting statistically significant difference in the executive functions total measure score as well as in several ASRS subscales increased, but not in Conners 3 subscales. CONCLUSIONS: Cerebellar damage may pose a risk for dysexecutive syndrome and social-emotional problems in children. The IDS-2 executive functions battery and the ASRS test are sufficiently sensitive tools to assess elements of the CCAS in children. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9583864/ /pubmed/36275206 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.961577 Text en Copyright © 2022 Starowicz-Filip, Bętkowska-Korpała, Yablonska, Kwiatkowski, Milczarek, Klasa and Chrobak. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Starowicz-Filip, Anna
Bętkowska-Korpała, Barbara
Yablonska, Tetiana
Kwiatkowski, Stanisław
Milczarek, Olga
Klasa, Łukasz
Chrobak, Adrian Andrzej
Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery
title Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery
title_full Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery
title_fullStr Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery
title_full_unstemmed Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery
title_short Involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—Preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery
title_sort involvement of the cerebellum in the regulation of executive functions in children—preliminary analysis based on a neuropsychological study of children after cerebellar tumour surgery
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9583864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36275206
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.961577
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