Sleep quality and executive function in a diverse sample of healthy young adults.

Few studies examine the relationship between sleep and executive function in diverse samples of young adults. Our research aims to fill this gap by analyzing how self-reported sleep quality is related to informant-rated executive function as a whole and its working memory component in a diverse sample of 29 healthy college students. Using the self-report measure, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), we divided our sample into two groups based on cutoff criteria (score ≥5: poor sleep): good sleep quality ( = 11) and poor sleep quality ( = 18).

single nucleotide polymorphism associated with working memory in pediatric medulloblastoma survivors.

Associations have been found between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the gene and cognitive outcomes in cancer survivors. Prior research has demonstrated that the presence of SNPs (rs1801131 and rs1801133) in survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) corresponds to impairments in attention and executive functioning. The current study examines the associations between rs1801131 and/or rs1801133 SNPs and cognitive performance in long-term survivors of medulloblastoma.

The Neurological Predictor Scale Predicts Adaptive Functioning via Executive Dysfunction in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumor.

Objectives: Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience neurological sequelae that disrupt everyday adaptive functioning (AF) skills. The Neurological Predictor Scale (NPS), a cumulative measure of tumor treatments and sequelae, predicts cognitive outcomes, but findings on its relation to informant-reported executive dysfunction (ED) and AF are mixed. Given known effects of frontal-subcortical system disruptions on AF, this study assessed the NPS' relationship with AF as mediated by frontal systems dysfunction, measured by the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe).

polymorphisms sex-specific association with verbal intelligence in survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma tumors.

Glutathione S-transferase () single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with a lower intellectual quotient (IQ) in medulloblastoma survivors. We investigated the association of polymorphisms with intellectual, neurocognitive skills (e.g.

Neurological predictor scale is associated with academic achievement outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors.

Introduction: Survivors of childhood brain tumors exhibit impairments in academic performance and have lower rates of educational attainment compared to healthy same-aged peers. Prior research has demonstrated the concurrent validity of the Neurological Predictor Scale (NPS), a measure that incorporates tumor-related treatments and complications into one cumulative score, in predicting IQ, adaptive functioning, and core neurocognitive skills. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the NPS predicts academic achievement outcomes over and above the effects of individual treatment factors alone.