title: Effects of age, intelligence and executive control function on saccadic reaction time in persons with intellectual disabilities.
abstract: The current research aimed to clarify the influence of age, intelligence and executive control function on the central tendency and intraindividual variability of saccadic reaction time in persons with intellectual disabilities. Participants were 44 persons with intellectual disabilities aged between 13 and 57 years whose IQs were between 14 and 70. Executive control function was evaluated by a test of sustained simple motor action. To elicit saccades, a predictive visually guided saccade paradigm was used. Intelligence and executive control function were significantly associated with saccadic reaction time. The central tendency of saccadic reaction time was negatively correlated with intelligence. The more serious the degree of executive control dysfunction was, the larger the intraindividual variability of saccadic reaction time. It is thought that intelligence and executive control function have relatively independent influences on saccadic reaction time. However, there is a possibility that the increase of intraindividual variability in saccadic reaction time due to the problem of executive control function extends the central tendency of saccadic reaction time.
authors: Joetsu University of Education, 1 Yamayashiki-machi, Joetsu, Niigata, Japan. haishi@juen.ac.jp
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Haishi
authors: Hideyuki
authors: H
authors: Okuzumi
authors: Mitsuru
authors: M
authors: Kokubun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult