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Title: | Chronotype, Time of Day, and Children's Cognitive Performance in Remote Neuropsychological Assessment | Authors: | Bettencourt, Catarina Pires, Luís Miguel Almeida, Filipa Vilar, Manuela Cruz, Hugo Leitão, José Gomes, Ana Allen |
Keywords: | asynchrony effect; chronotype; cognition; remote neuropsychological assessment; synchrony effect; teleneuropsychology; time of day | Issue Date: | 11-Apr-2024 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-032581 PTDC/PSI-ESP/32581/2017 FCT PhD Scholarship reference 2020.05326.BD UIDP/00730/2020 |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Behavioral Sciences | Volume: | 14 | Issue: | 4 | Abstract: | Research on the influence of chronotype and time of day (TOD) on cognitive performance, especially in children, is limited. We explored potential interactive effects, hypothesizing that performance differs when comparing preferred vs. non-preferred TOD. In total, 76 morning-type (MT = 37) or evening-type (ET = 39) children from the third and fourth grades (48.7% girls; M age = 8.05; SD age = 0.51), identified through the Children Chronotype Questionnaire, completed two 30-min neuropsychological assessment sessions via videoconference on the first (9:00) or last hour (16:00) of the school day. The protocol included neuropsychological tests targeting memory, language, and attention/executive domains. The results revealed an interactive effect of medium size between chronotype and TOD on a Rapid Alternating Stimulus (Naming) Task. MT and ET performed faster in asynchrony conditions (morning for ET; afternoon for MT). Additionally, ET outperformed MT in a Backward Digit Span Task, irrespective of TOD. TOD also influenced performance on an Alternating Verbal Fluency Task, with both MT and ET children performing better in the morning. These results underscore the importance of chronotype and TOD in children's cognitive performance, particularly in working memory and verbal fluency. Children assessed during non-preferred TOD exhibited better performance on some cognitive tasks, challenging the assumption that optimal times always yield superior results. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/115130 | ISSN: | 2076-328X | DOI: | 10.3390/bs14040310 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FPCEUC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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