Stefania Bargagna

TL;DR: A problem-oriented, simplified neuropsychological follow-up of early-treated children with CH should not systematically include the frequent repetition of time-consuming and expensive psychometric tests because individual IQ scores are in the normal range of tests in almost all CH children and can be differentiated from those of normal controls only on a population-statistic basis.

TL;DR: Mild iodine deficiency may impair the rate of motor response to perceptive stimuli, as assessed by measurement of reaction time, in the absence of general cognitive impairment, and the effects of exposure to iodine deficiency during fetal/neonatal life, in spite of correction in the early childhood, may persist longer.

TL;DR: It would appear that some marginal impairment, with particular regard to motor-perceptual functions, be present in areas of moderate iodine deficiency, which is found in schoolchildren from a montane area of Eastern Tuscany.

TL;DR: Evaluated ER training feasibility, adapting methodology and previously experimented activities to promote executive functions in DS children indicate that Bee-Bot is a very significant device for promoting interest, attention and interaction with adults and peers.