Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Background: Cognitive dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). As an important cognitive function, working memory (WM) has rarely been systematically analyzed in NF1 by isolating the particular domain of WM, and existing data involving WM in adult patients with NF1...

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Autores principales:	Hanlu Tang, Qiong Wu, Shiwei Li, Yehong Fang, Zhijun Yang, Bo Wang, Xingchao Wang, Pinan Liu
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	neurofibromatosis type 1 working memory visuospatial verbal adult Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1f23dd7a9d12468fbff01d7b522614642021-11-11T05:08:28ZVisuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 11664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.751384https://doaj.org/article/1f23dd7a9d12468fbff01d7b522614642021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.751384/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Background: Cognitive dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). As an important cognitive function, working memory (WM) has rarely been systematically analyzed in NF1 by isolating the particular domain of WM, and existing data involving WM in adult patients with NF1 are insufficient. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of different types of WM in NF1 from the perspective of the adult population.Method: We comprehensively analyzed WM in both verbal and visuospatial WM domains by using the N-back task (including the verbal N-back task and the visuospatial N-back task) in 31 adults with NF1 and 34 healthy controls matched for age, gender, education levels, and general cognitive status. The accuracy and reaction times (RTs) in the N-back task were entered into mixed-design ANOVA.Results: Compared with healthy controls, adults with NF1 presented significantly lower mean accuracy and longer RTs in the visuospatial N-back task. However, no significant difference was found between the NF1 group and healthy controls in the verbal N-back task.Conclusions: The present study suggested that adults with NF1 might have deficits in visuospatial WM. We did not find evidence for verbal WM deficits in adult patients with NF1. Our findings supplement and refine the existing data on WM in the context of NF1.Hanlu TangQiong WuShiwei LiYehong FangZhijun YangBo WangXingchao WangXingchao WangPinan LiuPinan LiuPinan LiuFrontiers Media S.A.articleneurofibromatosis type 1working memoryvisuospatialverbaladultPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic	neurofibromatosis type 1 working memory visuospatial verbal adult Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	neurofibromatosis type 1 working memory visuospatial verbal adult Psychology BF1-990 Hanlu Tang Qiong Wu Shiwei Li Yehong Fang Zhijun Yang Bo Wang Xingchao Wang Xingchao Wang Pinan Liu Pinan Liu Pinan Liu Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
description	Background: Cognitive dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). As an important cognitive function, working memory (WM) has rarely been systematically analyzed in NF1 by isolating the particular domain of WM, and existing data involving WM in adult patients with NF1 are insufficient. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of different types of WM in NF1 from the perspective of the adult population.Method: We comprehensively analyzed WM in both verbal and visuospatial WM domains by using the N-back task (including the verbal N-back task and the visuospatial N-back task) in 31 adults with NF1 and 34 healthy controls matched for age, gender, education levels, and general cognitive status. The accuracy and reaction times (RTs) in the N-back task were entered into mixed-design ANOVA.Results: Compared with healthy controls, adults with NF1 presented significantly lower mean accuracy and longer RTs in the visuospatial N-back task. However, no significant difference was found between the NF1 group and healthy controls in the verbal N-back task.Conclusions: The present study suggested that adults with NF1 might have deficits in visuospatial WM. We did not find evidence for verbal WM deficits in adult patients with NF1. Our findings supplement and refine the existing data on WM in the context of NF1.
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author	Hanlu Tang Qiong Wu Shiwei Li Yehong Fang Zhijun Yang Bo Wang Xingchao Wang Xingchao Wang Pinan Liu Pinan Liu Pinan Liu
author_facet	Hanlu Tang Qiong Wu Shiwei Li Yehong Fang Zhijun Yang Bo Wang Xingchao Wang Xingchao Wang Pinan Liu Pinan Liu Pinan Liu
author_sort	Hanlu Tang
title	Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
title_short	Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
title_full	Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
title_fullStr	Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
title_full_unstemmed	Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
title_sort	visuospatial but not verbal working memory deficits in adult patients with neurofibromatosis type 1
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/1f23dd7a9d12468fbff01d7b52261464
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Visuospatial but Not Verbal Working Memory Deficits in Adult Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1

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