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As Dificuldades de Aprendizagem (DA) constituem um problema presente diariamente na sociedade, não podendo ser ignorado, pois as mesmas aparecem relacionadas com problemas de aprendizagem em vários domínios cognitivos nomeadamente com a atenção e com as funções executivas. Por outro lado, são escassos os estudos comparativos envolvendo crianças com e sem dificuldades de aprendizagem. Uma vez que as DA estão fortemente relacionadas com problemas atencionais e de funções executivas, o principal objetivo deste estudo é averiguar se existem diferenças no desempenho de indivíduos com DA (n = 37) e sem DA (n = 45) em testes de atenção e de funções executivas. Para tal, utilizou-se o Teste Stroop Cores e Palavras e o Trail Making Test for Children. Os resultados apontam para um desempenho significativamente inferior do grupo experimental quando comparado com o grupo de controlo, bem como para um aumento do desempenho em função da idade e da escolaridade nos testes de atenção e funções executivas no grupo de crianças com DA. Importa ainda acrescentar que, no que diz respeito ao desempenho considerando o género, não se verificam diferenças significativas.
The Learning Disabilities (LD) compose a daily problem in our society that can’t be ignored. These are related to learning problems in several cognitive domains particularly with attention and executive functions. On the other hand there are few studies composed of children with and without learning disabilities. Since LD are strongly related to attentional and executive functions problems, the main objective of this study is to ascertain whether there are differences in the performance of individuals with LD (n = 37) and without LD (n = 45) in attention and executive functions tests. It also sought a more detailed analysis of the experimental group, in order to analyze and understand what variables are linked to possible differences in the experimental group. To this end, it developed this observational-descriptive study aiming to collect data about how subjects behave in the proposed tasks. Stroop Color and Word Test and the Trail Making Test for Children were used for this purpose. The results demonstrate that there is a significantly lower performance in the experimental group compared to the control group, even as show that performance on tests of attention and executive functions in children with LD increases with age and schooling. It should be added with regard to the performance considering gender, there were no significant differences.
The Learning Disabilities (LD) compose a daily problem in our society that can’t be ignored. These are related to learning problems in several cognitive domains particularly with attention and executive functions. On the other hand there are few studies composed of children with and without learning disabilities. Since LD are strongly related to attentional and executive functions problems, the main objective of this study is to ascertain whether there are differences in the performance of individuals with LD (n = 37) and without LD (n = 45) in attention and executive functions tests. It also sought a more detailed analysis of the experimental group, in order to analyze and understand what variables are linked to possible differences in the experimental group. To this end, it developed this observational-descriptive study aiming to collect data about how subjects behave in the proposed tasks. Stroop Color and Word Test and the Trail Making Test for Children were used for this purpose. The results demonstrate that there is a significantly lower performance in the experimental group compared to the control group, even as show that performance on tests of attention and executive functions in children with LD increases with age and schooling. It should be added with regard to the performance considering gender, there were no significant differences.
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Atenção Dificuldades de Aprendizagem Funções Executivas