Abstract

SOLOVIEVA, Yulia; LOREDO, Deyanira; QUINTANAR, Luis  and  LAZARO, Emelia. Neuropsychological Characterization of an Urban Infant Population by means of a Neuropsychological Evaluation of Children in Puebla-Sevilla. Pensam. psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.1, pp.83-98. ISSN 1657-8961.

Objective. Different neuropsychological instruments for assessment have recently been created, however it is necessary to continue with research in this field, combining the possibilities 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 objective 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" (Solovieva, 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 mechanisms. Results. The results have shown both specific quantitative and qualitative differences in children'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 starting 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 integration" 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 qualitative analyses of responses.

Keywords : Neuropsychology; neuropsychological tests; assessment; children.

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