Is there any relationship between obesity and mental flexibility in children?

被引：139

作者：

Cserjesi, Renata

Moinár, Denes

Luminet, Olivier

Lenardo, Laszlo

机构：

[1] Univ Pecs, Sch Med, Inst Physiol, H-7602 Pecs, Hungary

[2] Univ Pecs, Sch Med, Hungarian Acad Sci, Neurophysiol Res Grp, H-7602 Pecs, Hungary

[3] Univ Pecs, Sch Med, Dept Paediat, H-7623 Pecs, Hungary

[4] Univ Louvain, Inst Psychol, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium

来源：

APPETITE | 2007年 / 49卷 / 03期

关键词：

childhood obesity; cognition; set-shifting; mental flexibility;

D O I：

10.1016/j.appet.2007.04.001

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Cognitive profiles of 12 schoolboys with obesity were compared with their peers with normal weight. For the cognitive assessment five clinical tasks were selected: digit span memory, Raven's progressive matrices (intelligence), semantic verbal fluency, D2 attention endurance and Wisconsin card sorting test. We found no differences in memory, intelligence and verbal fluency between the two groups. Children with obesity performed worse on D2 and Wisconsin tests. Correlations confirmed relationships between body weight, body mass index, attention and Wisconsin measured perseveration in set-shifting. This suggests that childhood obesity involves cognitive deficits in shifting and attention abilities. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：675 / 678

页数：4

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