Chih-Hung Tseng, Ching-Tang Wang, Chin-Hsien Hsu, Jing-Wei Liu
Behavioral intention to use distance teaching in the pandemic era
Frontiers in psychology
aim assess intelligence visual perception working memory children newonset rolandic epilepsy children rolandic discharges without seizures rd participants study 12 children 26 children rd aged 4 10 years without medication shortly diagnosis 31 healthy controls cognitive performance assessed using german versions wechsler preschool primary scale intelligence wppsiiii wechsler intelligence scale children wisciv developmental test visual perception2 dtvp2 developmental test visual perceptionadolescent adult dtvpa according age word order hand movements spatial memory subtests german version kaufman assessment battery children kabc comparison entire group children rerd control group conducted first step analysis revealed weaker performance children rerd cognitive domains significant deficits however found exclusively rd group compared controls performed significantly weaker regarding iq full scale iq p 0001 verbal iq p 0001 performance iq p 0002 processing speed p 0005 visual perception general visual perception p 0005 visualmotor integration p 0002 working memory wisc working memory p 0002 kabc word order p 0010 hand movements p 0001 subtests also children without seizures scored significantly lower seizures wisc working memory index p 0010 kabc word order p 0021 hand movements p 0027 subtests analysis data demonstrated particular importance family context child development significant cognitive deficits found children rd parents lower educational levels group consistently scored lower compared control group regarding iq full scale iq p 0001 verbal iq p 0001 performance iq p 0012 processing speed p 0034 visual perception general visual perception p 0018 visualmotor integration p 0010 auditory working memory wisc working memory p 0014 furthermore compared children performed significantly weaker verbal iq p 0020 auditory working memory consistently wisc working memory p 0027 kabc word order p 0046 well one kabc spatial working memory subtests hand movements p 0029 although find significant deficits children newonset compared healthy controls performance group tended weaker often statistically significant associations observed selected clinical markers focus types centrotemporalother focilaterality foci spread rolandic discharges cognitive test results except spatial working memory also found evidence age patients time study participation significant importance cognitive performance study provides evidence children rolandic discharges without seizures may higher risk cognitive impairment addition medical care emphasise early differentiated psychosocial diagnostics provide children families targeted support developmental problems present