Revealing hot cognition in children with motor coordination problems: What's the go?
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Rahimi-Golkhandan, S., Steenbergen, B., Piek, J. P., Caeyenberghs, K. and Wilson, Peter Henry. (2016). Revealing hot cognition in children with motor coordination problems: What's the go? Research in Developmental Disabilities. 106, pp. 55 - 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2016.04.010
Authors | Rahimi-Golkhandan, S., Steenbergen, B., Piek, J. P., Caeyenberghs, K. and Wilson, Peter Henry |
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Abstract | Recent research suggests that children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) often show deficits in executive functioning (EF) and, more specifically, the ability to use inhibitory control in ‘hot’, emotionally rewarding contexts. This study optimized the assessment of sensitivity of children with DCD to emotionally significant stimuli by using easily discriminable emotional expressions in a go/no-go task. Thirty-six children (12 with DCD), aged 7–12 years, completed an emotional go/no-go task in which neutral facial expressions were paired with either happy or sad ones. Each expression was used as both, a go and no-go target in different runs of the task. There were no group differences in omission errors; however, the DCD group made significantly more commission errors to happy no-go faces. The particular pattern of performance in DCD confirms earlier reports of (hot) EF deficits. Specifically, a problem of inhibitory control appears to underlie the atypical pattern of performance seen in DCD on both cold and hot EF tasks. Disrupted coupling between cognitive control and emotion processing networks, such as fronto-parietal and fronto-striatal networks, may contribute to reduced inhibitory control in DCD. The implications for a broader theoretical account of DCD are discussed, as are implications for intervention.Recent research suggests that children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) often show deficits in executive functioning (EF) and, more specifically, the ability to use inhibitory control in ‘hot’, emotionally rewarding contexts. This study optimized the assessment of sensitivity of children with DCD to emotionally significant stimuli by using easily discriminable emotional expressions in a go/no-go task. Thirty-six children (12 with DCD), aged 7–12 years, completed an emotional go/no-go task in which neutral facial expressions were paired with either happy or sad ones. Each expression was used as both, a go and no-go target in different runs of the task. There were no group differences in omission errors; however, the DCD group made significantly more commission errors to happy no-go faces. The particular pattern of performance in DCD confirms earlier reports of (hot) EF deficits. Specifically, a problem of inhibitory control appears to underlie the atypical pattern of performance seen in DCD on both cold and hot EF tasks. Disrupted coupling between cognitive control and emotion processing networks, such as fronto-parietal and fronto-striatal networks, may contribute to reduced inhibitory control in DCD. The implications for a broader theoretical account of DCD are discussed, as are implications for intervention. |
Keywords | developmental coordination disorder; motor development; executive function; cognitive control; go/no-go; inhibitory control |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Research in Developmental Disabilities |
Journal citation | 106, pp. 55 - 64 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 0891-4222 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2016.04.010 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84979587813 |
Page range | 55 - 64 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
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