Publications by authors named "L Wijnroks"
The aim of this pilot study was to explore whether executive functioning (EF) problems of children with severe congenital heart disease (CHD) could be improved through a personalized EF-training program. Eleven preschool-aged children (mean age = 62 months, SD = 6) received a standardized test battery. Eight children were eligible for training and six children participated in the training and posttest.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Although predictors of the prevalence of behavioral problems in preterm-born children have been frequently studied, predictors of behavioral change in these children remain unknown. Therefore, in this study we explore predictors of short-term changes in problem behavior in preterm-born preschoolers, an age period characterized by rapid behavioral change.
Method: Two- to 5-year-old children born with a gestational age <32 weeks and/or birth weight <1500 g were eligible, because of their high risk for behavioral problems.
Objective: Problems in early development of executive functioning may underlie the vulnerability and individual variability of infants born preterm for behavioral and learning problems. Parenting behaviors may aggravate or temper this increased risk for dysfunction. This study assessed how maternal parenting behaviors predict individual differences in early development of executive functioning in infants born preterm, and whether this varies with infant temperament, i.
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- This article proposes that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be born with a specific deficit in detecting stable patterns in their environment, a process known as invariance detection.
- It synthesizes various research findings indicating that this perceptual learning deficit can lead to significant challenges across different areas of development, contributing to feelings of uncertainty and unpredictability for those with ASD.
- The paper also highlights how differences in brain plasticity may be responsible for these perceptual learning impairments, offering a new perspective on the diverse behaviors seen in individuals with autism.
In order to understand typical and atypical developmental trajectories it is important to assess how strengths or weaknesses in one domain may be affecting performance in other domains. This study examined longitudinal relations between early fine motor functioning, visuospatial cognition, exploration, and language development in preschool children with ASD and children with other developmental delays/disorders. The ASD group included 63 children at T1 (Mage = 27.
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