Boston Children's Hospital.
Harvard Medical School.
Child Dev. 2018 Mar;89(2):495-508. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12952. Epub 2017 Sep 12.
We examined visual recognition memory and executive functioning (spatial working memory [SWM], spatial planning, rule learning, and attention shifting) in 12-year-olds (n = 150) who participated in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a randomized controlled trial of foster care for institutionally reared children. Similar to prior reports at 8 years of age, institutionally reared children showed significant deficits in visual recognition memory and SWM. Deficits in attention shifting and rule learning were also apparent at this time point. These data suggest that early experiences continue to shape the development of memory, learning, and executive functioning processes in preadolescence, which may explain broader cognitive and learning difficulties commonly associated with severe early life neglect.
我们对参加布加勒斯特早期干预项目的 12 岁儿童(n=150)的视觉识别记忆和执行功能(空间工作记忆[SWM]、空间规划、规则学习和注意力转换)进行了检查。该项目是一项针对机构养育儿童的寄养随机对照试验。与之前在 8 岁时的报告相似,机构养育的儿童在视觉识别记忆和 SWM 方面存在明显缺陷。在此时点,注意力转换和规则学习方面的缺陷也很明显。这些数据表明,早期经历持续塑造着儿童在青春期的记忆、学习和执行功能的发展,这可能解释了与严重早期生活忽视相关的更广泛的认知和学习困难。