Case Report
Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development
Table 3
Executive function evaluations.
| | 6 years 7 months | 8 years 3 months | 9 years 8 months | | Percentile | Raw score | Percentile | Raw score | Percentile | Raw score |
| Inhibition | | | | | | | Statue (NEPSY) | 26–75 | 25 | 11–25 | 25 | 26–75 | 27 | Knock and Tap (NEPSY) | 26–75 | 27 | 11–25 | 22 | 26–75 | 29 | Go/No-Go (TAP) | | | | | | | Median reaction times (msec.) | — | — | 97 | 358 | 88 | 404 | Omissions | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Commissions | — | — | 3 | 9 | 4 | 8 | Go/No-Go (KITAP) | | | | | | | Median Reaction Times (msec.) | — | — | 100 | 331 | 66 | 442 | Omissions | — | — | 10 | 2 | 42 | 3 | Commissions | — | — | 5 | 7 | >34 | 0 | Incompatibility (TAP) | | | | | | | Median reaction times (msec.) | — | — | — | — | 98 | 338 | Commissions | — | — | — | — | <1 | 31 |
| | Z score | Raw score | Z Score | Raw Score | Z Score | Raw Score |
| Fruit Stroop Task | | | | | | | Naming times (sec.) | | 65 | | 36 | | 35 | Naming errors | | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | Interference times (sec.) | | 97 | | 82 | | 83 | Interference errors | | 4 | | 7 | | 8 |
| Flexibility | | | | | | | Flexibility Task (TAP) | | | | | | | Mean reaction time (msec.) | | 2694 | | 1570 | +0.03 | 1363 | Hits | | 39 | | 30 | | 42 | Errors | | 11 | | 15 | | 8 | Verbal fluency (NEPSY) | | | | | | | Animal | +0.3 | 11 | +0.9 | 15 | +1.3 | 19 | Beverages and foods | 1.5 | 4 | 0.01 | 12 | 0.4 | 11 | Design fluency (NEPSY) | | | | | | | Structured array | | 4 | +0.1 | 11 | +0.4 | 13 | Random array | | 5 | 0.6 | 9 | 0.02 | 12 |
| Planning | | | | | | | Tower of London | | | | | | | First trials | — | — | +0.6 | 7 | +2.0 | 9 | Total trials | — | — | +0.9 | 19 | +2.1 | 15 | Planning times (sec.) | — | — | +0.8 | 4.5 | | 7.4 | Execution times (sec.) | — | — | +0.3 | 5.6 | | 8 |
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