Assessment of executive functioning in children and young adults treated for frontal lobe tumours using ecologically valid tests

References

• Achenbach, T. (1991). Manual for the child behavior checklist/4–18 and 1991 profile 1991.
   Google Scholar
• Allain, P., Chaudet, H., Nicoleau, S., Etcharry-Bouyx, F., Barré, J., Dubas, F., … LeGall, D. (2007). A study of action planning in patients with Alzheimer's disease using the zoo map test. Revue Neurologique, 163, 222–230. doi: 10.1016/S0035-3787(07)90393-8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anderson, P. (2002). Assessment and development of executive function (EF) during childhood. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 71–82. doi: 10.1076/chin.8.2.71.8724
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anderson, V. (2009). Childhood brain insult: Can age at insult help us predict outcome? Brain, 132, 45–56. doi: 10.1093/brain/awn293
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anderson, V., Brown, S., Newitt, H., & Hoile, H. (2011). Long term outcome from childhood traumatic brain injury: Intellectual ability, personality, and quality of life. Neuropsychology, 25, 176–184. doi: 10.1037/a0021217
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anderson, V., Catroppa, C., Morse, S., Haritou, F., & Rosenfeld, J. (2000). Recovery of intellectual ability following traumatic brain injury in childhood: Impact of injury severity and age at injury. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 32, 282–290. doi: 10.1159/000028956
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anderson, V., Lebrocque, R., Iselin, G., Eren, S., Dob, R., Davern, T. J., … Kenardy, J. (2012). Adaptative ability, behavior and quality of life pre and posttraumatic brain injury in childhood. Disability and Rehabilitation, 34, 1639–1647. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2012.656789
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anderson, V. A., Morse, S. A., Catroppa, C., Haritou, F., & Rosenfeld, J. F. (2004). Thirty months outcome from early childhood head injury: A prospective analysis of neurobehavioral recovery. Brain, 127, 2608–2620. doi: 10.1093/brain/awh320
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arciniegas, D. B., Frey, K. L., Newman, J., & Wortzel, H. S. (2010). Evaluation and management of posttraumatic cognitive impairments. Psychiatry Annals, 40, 540–552. doi: 10.3928/00485713-20101022-05
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ardila, A., Pineda, D., & Rosselli, M. (2000). Correlation between intelligence test scores and executive function measures. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15, 31–36. doi: 10.1093/arclin/15.1.31
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arffa, S. (2007). The relationship of intelligence to executive function and non-executive function measures in a sample of average, above average, and gifted youth. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 969–978. doi: 10.1016/j.acn.2007.08.001
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Best, J. R., & Miller, P. H. (2010). A developmental Perspective on executive function. Child Development, 81, 1641–1660. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01499.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blair, C. (2006). How similar are fluid cognition and general intelligence? A developmental neuroscience perspective on fluid cognition as an aspect of human cognitive ability. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 109–160.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blumer, D., & Benson, D. F. (1975). Personality changes with frontal and temporal lesions. In D.F. Benson & D. Blumer (Eds.), Psychiatric aspects of neurologic disease (pp. 151–170). New-York: Grune & Stratton.
   Google Scholar
• Bonnier, C., Costet, A., Hmaimess, G., Catale, C., Maillart, C., & Marique, P. (2010). Early bifrontal brain injury: Disturbance in cognitive function development. Neurology Research International, 2010, 1–14. doi: 10.1155/2010/765780
   Google Scholar
• Chevignard, M., Broks, N., & Truelle, J. L. (2010). Community integration following severe childhood traumatic brain injury. Current Opininion in Neurology, 23, 695–700. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328340296f
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chevignard, M., Servant, V., Mariller, A., Abada, G., Pradat-Diehl, P., & Laurent-Vannier, A. (2009). Assessment of executive functioning in children after TBI with a naturalistic open-ended task: A pilot study. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 12, 76–91. doi: 10.1080/17518420902777019
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chevignard, M., Soo, C., Galvin, J., Catroppa, C., & Eren, S. (2012). Ecological assessment of cognitive functions in children with acquired brain injury: A systematic review. Brain Injury, 26, 1033–1057. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2012.666366
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christ, S. E., Huijbregts, S. C., De Sonneville, L. M., & White, D. A. (2010). Executive function in early treated phenylkenoturia: Profile and underlying mechanisms. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 1, 22–32. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.10.007
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Daigneault, S., Braun, C. M. J., & Montes, J. L. (1997). Pseudodepressive personality and mental inertia in a child with a focal left frontal lesion. Developmental Neuropsychology, 13, 1–22. doi: 10.1080/87565649709540665
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Delis, D. C., Kaplan, E., & Kramer, J. H. (2001). Delis-Kaplan executive function system:Technical manual. San Antonio, TX: Harcourt Assessment Company.
   Google Scholar
• Denckla, M. B. (1996). A theory and model of executive function: A neuropsychological perspective. In G. R. Lyon & N. A. Krasnegor (Eds.), Attention, memory, and executive function (pp. 263–277). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
   Google Scholar
• Dennis, M., Spiegler, B. J., Hetherington, C. R., & Greenberg, M. L. (1996). Neuropsychological sequelae of the treatment of children with medulloblastoma. Journal of Neurooncology, 29, 91–101. doi: 10.1007/BF00165522
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D'Esposito, M., Aguirre, G. K., Zarahn, E., Ballard, D., Shin, R. K., & Lease, J. (1998). Functional MRI studies of spatial and nonspatial working memory. Brain and Research Cognition, 7, 1–13. doi: 10.1016/S0926-6410(98)00004-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Di Battista, A., Soo, C., Catroppa, C., & Anderson, V. (2012). Quality of life in children and adolescents post-TBI: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Neurotrauma, 29, 1717–1727. doi: 10.1089/neu.2011.2157
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duncan, J., Burgess, P., & Emslie, H. (1995). Fluid intelligence after frontal lobe lesions. Neuropsychologia, 33, 261–268. doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(94)00124-8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duncan, J., Emslie, H., Williams, P., Johnson, R., & Freer, C. (1996). Intelligence and the frontal lobe: The organization of goal-directed behavior. Cognitive Psychology, 30, 257–303.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Emslie, H., Wilson, C., Burden, V., Nimmo-Smith, I., & Wilson, B. (2003). Behavioural assessment of dysexecutive syndrome for children (BADS-C). Titchfield, Hants: Thames Valley Tests Company.
   Google Scholar
• Eslinger, P. J., Flaherty-Craig, C. V., & Benton, A. L. (2004). Developmental outcomes after early prefrontal cortex damage. Brain and cognition, 55, 84–103. doi: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00281-1
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Friedman, N. P., Miyake, A., Corley, R. P., Young, S. E., Defries, J. C., & Hewitt, J. K. (2006). Not all executive function are related to intelligence. Psychological Science, 17, 172–179. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01681.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Garlick, D., & Sejnowski, T. (2006). There is more to fluid intelligence than working memory capacity and executive function. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 134–135. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X0630903X
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Garth, J., Anderson, V., & Wrennall, J. (1997). Executive functions following moderate to severe frontal lobe injury: Impact of injury and age at injury. Pediatric Rehabilitation, 1, 99–108. doi: 10.3109/17518429709025852
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gerber, N. U., Mynarek, M., Von Hoff, K., Friedrich, C., Resch, A., & Rutkowski, S. (2013). Recent developments and current concepts in medulloblastoma. Cancer Treatment Reviews, 40, 356–365. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.11.010
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gennarelli, T. A., & Graham, D. I. (1998). Neuropathology of the head injuries. Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 3, 160–175.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gioia, G., Kenworthy, L., & Isquith, P. K. (2010). Executive function in the real world: BRIEF lessons from Mark Ylvisaker. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 25, 433–439. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181fbc272
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gioia, G. A., & Isquith, P. K. (2004). Ecological assessment of executive function in traumatic brain injury. Developmental Neuropsychology, 25, 135–158. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2004.9651925
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gioia, G. A., Isquith, P. K., Guy, S. C., & Kenworthy, L. (2000). Behavior rating inventory of executive function. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Ressources.
   Google Scholar
• Gleichgerrcht, E., Cervio, A., Salvat, J., Loffredo, A. R., Vita, L., Roca, M., & Torralva, T. (2009). Executive function improvement in normal pressure hydrocephalus following shunt surgery. Behavioral Neurology, 3, 181–185. doi: 10.1155/2009/516796
   Google Scholar
• Gupta, N., & Berger, M. S. (2003). Brain mapping for hemispheric tumors in children. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 38, 302–306. doi: 10.1159/000070414
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hernandez, M. T., Sauerwein, H. C., Jambaqué, I., De Guise, E., Lussier, F., Lortie, A., … Lassonde, M. (2003). Attention, memory, and behavioural adjustment in children with frontal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 4, 522–536. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.07.014
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Howarth, R. A., Ashford, J. M., Merchant, T. E., Ogg, R. J., Santana, V., Wu, S., … Conklin, H. M. (2013). The utility of parent report in the assessment of working memory among childhood brain tumour survivors. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, 380–389. doi: 10.1017/S1355617712001567
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jacobs, R., Harvey, A. S., & Anderson, V. (2011). Are executive skills primary mediated by the prefrontal cortex in childhood? Examination of focal brain lesions in childhood. Cortex, 47, 808–824. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.06.002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johansson, B., & Tornmalm, M. (2012). Working memory training for patients with acquired brain injury: Effects in daily life. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 19(2), 176–83. doi: 10.3109/11038128.2011.603352
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johnson, A. R., DeMatt, E., & Salorio, C. F. (2009). Predictors of outcome following acquired brain injury in children. Developmental Disabilities Research Review, 15, 124–132. doi: 10.1002/ddrr.63
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kane, M. J., & Engle, R. W. (2002). The role of prefrontal cortex in working-memory capacity, executive attention, and general fluid intelligence: An individual-differences perspective. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 9, 637–671. doi: 10.3758/BF03196323
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kennedy, C., Bull, K., Chevignard, M., Culliford, D., Dorr, H., Doz, F., & Calaminus, G. (2014). Quality of survival and growth in children and young adults in the PNET 4 European controlled trial of hyperfractionated versus conventional radiation therapy for standard-risk medulloblastoma. International Journal of Oncology Biology Physics, 88, 292–300. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.09.046
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kieffer, V., Longaud, A., Callu, D., Laroussinie, F., Viguier, D., Grill, J., & Dellatolas, G. (2012). Teachers’ report of learning and behavioural difficulties in children treated for cerebellar tumours. Brain Injury, 26, 1014–1020. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2012.661116
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koivisto, A. M., Alafuzoff, I., Savolainen, S., Sutela, A., Rummukainen, J., Kurki, M., & Jaaskelainen, J. E. (2013). Poor cognitive outcomes in shunt-responsive idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery, 72, 1–8. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827414b3
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lacy, M., Baldassarre, M., Nader, T., & Frim, D. (2012). Parents rating of executive functioning in children with shunted hydrocephalus. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 48, 73–79. doi: 10.1159/000339313
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lassonde, M., Sauerwein, H. C., Jambaqué, I., Smith, M. L., & Helmstaedter, C. (2000). Neuropsychology of childhood epilepsy: Pre and post chirurgical assessment. Epileptic Disorders, 2, 3–13.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levin, H. S., & Hanten, G. (2005). Executive functions after traumatic brain injury in children. Pediatric Neurology, 33, 79–93. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.02.002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lindquist, B., Personn, E. K., Uvebrant, T., & Carlsson, G. (2008). Learning, memory and executive functions in children with hydrocephalus. Acta Paediatica, 97, 596–601. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00747.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Longo, C. A., Kerr, E. N., & Smith, L. N. (2013). Executive functioning in children with intractable frontal lobe or temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 26, 102–108. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.11.003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lussier, F., Guérin, F., Dufresne, A., & Lassonde, M. (1998). Etude normative développementale des fonctions exécutives : la tour de Londres. ANAE, 47.
   Google Scholar
• Mabbott, D. J., Penkman, L., & Witol, A. (2008). Neurocognitive functions in children treated for posterior fossa tumors. Neuropsychology, 22, 159–168. doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.22.2.159
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mataro, M., Jurado, A., Gracia-Sanchez, C., Barraquer, L., Costa-Jussa, F. R., & Carme-Junqué, M. D. (2010). Long-term effects of bilateral frontal brain lesion. Archives of Neurology, 58, 1139–1142. doi: 10.1001/archneur.58.7.1139
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McCauley, S. R., Wilde, E. A., Anderson, V. A., Bedell, G., Beers, S. R., & Campbell, T. F. (2012). Recommendations for the use of common outcome measures in pediatric traumatic brain injury research. Journal of Neurotrauma, 29, 678–705. doi: 10.1089/neu.2011.1838
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Milner, B. (1963). Effects of different brain lesions on card sorting: The role of the frontal lobes. Archive of Neurology, 9, 90–100. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1963.00460070100010
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moore, B. D. (2005). Neurocognitive outcomes in survivors of childhood cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30, 51–63. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsi016
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mulhern, R. K., Merchant, T. E., Gajjar, A., et al. (2004). Late neurocognitive sequelae in survivors of brain tumours in childhood. Lancet Oncology, 5, 399–408. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(04)01507-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Palmer, S. L., & Leigh, L. (2009). Survivors of pediatric posterior fossa tumours: Cognitive outcomes, intervention and risk-based care. European Journal Oncology Nursing, 13, 171–178. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2008.09.002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parrish, J., Geary, M. S., Jones, J., Seth, R., Hermann, B., & Seidenberg, M. (2007). Executive functioning in childhood epilepsy: Parent-report and cognitive assessment. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 49, 412–416. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00412.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Power, T., Catroppa, C., Coleman, L., Ditchfield, M., & Anderson, V. (2007). Do lesion site and severity predict deficits in attentional control after preschool traumatic brain injury? Brain injury, 21, 279–292. doi: 10.1080/02699050701253095
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reddick, W. E., White, H. A., Glass, J. O., Wheeler, G. C., Thompson, S. J., Gajjar, A., … Mulhern, R. K. (2003). Developmental model relating white matter volume to neurocognitive deficits in pediatric brain tumor survivors. Cancer, 97, 2512–2519. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11355
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reeves, C. B., Palmer, S. L., & Reddick, W. E. (2006). Attention and memory functioning among pediatric patients with medulloblastoma. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 272–280. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj019
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reitan, R. M., & Wolfson, D. (1985). The trail making test. Tucson, A.Z: Neuropsychological Press.
   Google Scholar
• Silver, C. H. (2000). Ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment in childhood traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 15, 973–988. doi: 10.1097/00001199-200008000-00002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Waber, D. P., Turek, J., & Catania, L. (2006). Neuropsychological outcomes from a randomized trial of triple intrathecal chemotherapy compared with 18 Gys cranial radiation as CNS treatment in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: findings from Dana-Farber cancer institute ALL consortium protocol 95–01. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25, 4914–4921. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.10.8464
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wade, S. L., Cassedy, A., Walz, N. C., Taylor, H. G., Stancin, T., & Yeates, K. O. (2011). The relationship of parental warm responsiveness and negativity to emerging behavior problems following traumatic brain injury in young children. Developmental Psychology, 47, 119–133. doi: 10.1037/a0021028
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wager, T. D., & Smith, E. E. (2003). Neuroimaging studies of working memory: A meta-analysis. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neurosciences, 3, 255–74. doi: 10.3758/CABN.3.4.255
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang, H. C., Chang, W. N., Chang, H. W., Ho, J. T., Yang, T. M., Lin, W. C., … Lu, C. H. (2008). Factors predictive of outcome in posttraumatic seizures. Journal of Trauma, 64, 883–888. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31804a7fa4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ward, C., Phipps, K., De Sousa, C., Butler, S., & Gumley, D. (2009). Treatments factors associated with outcomes in children less than 3 years of age with CNS tumours. Child's Nervous System, 25, 663–668. doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0832-8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wechsler, D. (1997). Wechsler adult intelligence scale. 3rd ed. San Antonio, TX: The psychological Corporation.
   Google Scholar
• Wechsler, D. (2003). Wechsler intelligence scale for children. 4th ed. (WISC-IV). San Antonio, TX: The psychological Corporation.
   Google Scholar
• Weierink, L., Vermeulen, R. J., & Boyd, R. N. (2013). Brain structure and executive functions in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 1678–1688. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.01.035
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Welsh, M. C., Pennington, B. F., & Grossier, D. B. (1991). A normative-developmental study of executive function: A window on prefrontal function in children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 7, 131–149. doi: 10.1080/87565649109540483
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Welsh, M. C., Pennington, B. F., Ozonoff, S., Rouse, B., & McCabe, E. R. (1990). Neuropsychology of early treated phenylkenoturia: Specific executive function deficit. Child Development, 61, 1697–1713. doi: 10.2307/1130832
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams, D., & Mateer, C. (1992). Developmental of frontal lobe injury in middle childhood. Brain and Cognition, 20, 196–204. doi: 10.1016/0278-2626(92)90069-X
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wochos, G. C., Semerjian, C. H., & Walsh, K. S. (2014). Differences in parent and teacher rating of everyday executive function in pediatric brain tumor survivors. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 28, 1243–1257. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2014.971875
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wolfe, K. R., Madan-Swain, A., & Kana, R. K. (2012). Executive dysfunction in pediatric posterior fossa tumour survivors: A systematic literature review of neurocognitive deficits and interventions. Developmental Neuropsychology, 37, 153–175. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2011.632462
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wozniak, J. R., Krach, L., Ward, E., Mueller, B. A., Muetzel, R., Schnoebelen, S., … Lim, K. O. (2007). Neurocognitive and neuroimaging correlates of paediatric brain injury: A diffusion tensor imaging study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 555–68. doi: 10.1016/j.acn.2007.03.004
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yeates, K. O., Taylor, H. G., Rusin, J., Bangert, B., Dietrich, A., Nuss, K., & Wright, M. (2012). Premorbid child and family functioning in as predictors of post-concussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injuries. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 30, 231–237. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.05.008
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ylvisaler, M., Turkstra, L. S., & Coelho, C. (2005). Behavioral and social interventions for individuals with traumatic brain injury: A summary of the research with clinical implications. Sem Speech Language, 26, 256–267. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-922104
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Yong-Gao, M., Ling-Juan, H., Shi-Yun, L., Chen, K., Yu, C., & Zhong-Ping, C. (2012). Working memory and the identification of facial expression in patients with left frontal glioma. Neurooncology, 14, 81–89.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar