The relationship between perisylvian morphology and verbal short-term memory functioning in children with neurodevelopmental disorders

Although children with neurodevelopmental disorders frequently present with reduced short-term memory functioning, the relationship between perisylvian morphology and verbal short-term memory functioning has received limited attention. Thus, examining this relationship in children with neurodevelopm...

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Published in:Brain and language 2004-04, Vol.89 (1), p.122-135
Main Authors: Kibby, Michelle Y, Kroese, Judith M, Morgan, Allison E, Hiemenz, Jennifer R, Cohen, Morris J, Hynd, George W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ADHD
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - pathology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Hemisphere Functions
Brain morphology
Cerebral Aqueduct - pathology
Child
Child clinical studies
Children
Developmental Disabilities
Dominance, Cerebral - physiology
Dyslexia
Dyslexia - diagnosis
Dyslexia - pathology
Female
Humans
Language and communication disorders
Language Development Disorders - diagnosis
Language Development Disorders - pathology
Male
Medical sciences
Memory, Short-Term - physiology
Morphology (Languages)
MRI
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Neurological Impairments
Parietal Lobe - pathology
Phonetics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reading disabilities
Semantics
Short Term Memory
Statistics as Topic
Temporal Lobe - pathology
Verbal Ability
Verbal Learning - physiology
Verbal short-term memory
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Summary:Although children with neurodevelopmental disorders frequently present with reduced short-term memory functioning, the relationship between perisylvian morphology and verbal short-term memory functioning has received limited attention. Thus, examining this relationship in children with neurodevelopmental disorders was the focus of this exploratory study. Results suggested leftward asymmetry in the temporal bank of the planum temporale is related to better coding and storage of semantic material. In contrast, parietal bank morphology is related to coding and storage of phonological material, and presence of an extra gyrus in the parietal region is associated with reduced phonological working memory. Data also supported a relationship between pars triangularis morphology and verbal short-term memory functioning, but this is not material-specific.
ISSN:0093-934X
1090-2155
DOI:10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00310-9