Purpose This review summarizes research on disorders of speech production in Down
syndrome (DS) for the purposes of informing clinical services and guiding future research …

Executive functions are a set of high cognitive abilities that control and regulate other
functions and behaviors and are crucial for successful adaptation. Deficits in executive …

The purpose of this review was to understand the types of memory impairments that are
associated with intellectual disability (ID, formerly called mental retardation) and the …

Abstract Background Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) presented both cognitive and
motor impairments that could influence each other. Therefore, exploring cognitive-motor …

The high prevalence of sleep disorders, particularly obstructive sleep apnea, is well
established in children with Down syndrome. However, only a few studies have focused on …

Nearly all adults with Down syndrome show neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease,
including amyloid-β deposition, by their fifth decade of life. In the current study, we examined …

Adults with Down syndrome (DS) have a high incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD),
providing a unique opportunity to explore the early, preclinical stages of AD neuropathology …

Introduction There is a critical need to identify measures of cognitive functioning sensitive to
early Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology in Down syndrome to advance clinical trial …

This study provided a detailed analysis of verbal fluency in children with language
difficulties, and examined the relative contributions of executive functioning (executive …

Verbal fluency (VF) tasks are extensively used to measure strategic retrieval and executive
functioning. Results for total production of words, clustering and switching strategies, and …