Payal Anand

TL;DR: Sleep fragmentation and disrupted sleep architecture are commonly observed throughout the lifespan of individuals with Down syndrome, a condition marked by cognitive deficits emerging within the first few months of life.

TL;DR: The results emphasize the important role of quality sleep in all children's expressive language development, and may help increase the understanding of the etiology of language deficits in developmental disorders, potentially leading to new treatment approaches.

TL;DR: These findings will be discussed within the context of efforts to identify syndrome specific cognitive-behavioral profiles for youth with different genetic syndromes in order to inform basic science investigations into the etiology of EF difficulties in these groups and to develop treatment approaches that are tailored to the needs of these groups.

TL;DR: Results demonstrate adequate levels of reliability and resistance to practice effects for some measures of neurocognitive function in individuals with Down syndrome and alternative measures of executive functioning are required.

TL;DR: It is found that there is no evidence that either birth defect was associated with poorer outcomes, adjusting for gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.