Caracterización neuropsicológica de una población infantil urbana a través de la Evaluación Neuropsicológica Infantil Puebla-Sevilla

Abstract

Objective.
Different neuropsychological instruments for assessment have recently been created,
however it
is necessary to continue with research in this field, combining the po
ssibilities of quantitative and qualitative
analysis of results. It is necessary to specify the characteristics of task
fulfillment, depending on parameters of
age, school grade and origin of the populations of children. The obj
ective of this article is to present recent
data of the characterization of types of fulfillment of neuropsychological
battery tasks by preschool and regular
urban Mexican schoolchildren.
Method.
210 children were included in the study. The neuropsychological
assessment instrument Child Neuropsychological Battery Puebla-Sevilla (Solovi
eva, Quintanar & León-
Carrión, 2013) was applied to all children. The battery was constructed
based on cultural neuropsychology
and enabled evaluation to be made of the functional state of brain mechani
sms.
Results.
The results have
shown both specific quantitative and qualitative differences in child
ren ́s responses, depending on their school
grade. Preschool children have shown poorer results in programming and control
, motor organization of
movements and actions and spatial integration. The errors become less severe s
tarting from third grade.
Correct answers predominate, beginning in fourth grade, with the exception of
audio-verbal retention which
shows poor results in all grades. Another exception is phonematic int
egration which shows acceptable
results in the majority of children in all grades.
Conclusion.
The article analyses the usefulness of differentiation
in task fulfillment levels in each brain mechanism, which facilitates qual
itative analyses of responses.