title: Neural Oscillation Reveals Deficits in Visuospatial Working Memory in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder.
abstract: The electroencephalographic (EEG) oscillations associated with visuospatial working memory (VSWM) were examined in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD; 10-11 years; N = 29) and typically developing (TD) children (10-11 years; N = 29). Behaviorally, DCD showed poorer VSWM than TD, which coincided with the diminished ability of DCD in modulating neural oscillations. Furthermore, prestimulus oscillatory alpha activity was correlated with VSWM performance. The results suggest that children with DCD might have a reduced ability to encode and recognize new information, and in particular have difficulty in maintaining task-relevant information, resulting in poorer VSWM. This study thus concludes that changes in oscillatory EEG activity reflect some of the problems leading to cognitive deficits in DCD.
authors.affiliation: National Cheng Kung University.
authors.forename: Chun-Hao
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota.
authors.forename: Yu-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.affiliation: National Cheng Kung University.
authors.forename: Dang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: National Cheng Kung University.
authors.forename: Chia-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D058256:Brain Waves / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*