Association between salivary alpha-amylase and executive functioning in healthy children
Span. j. psychol
; 22: e24.1-e24.9, 2019. tab
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ABSTRACT
The main aim of this study was to confirm the relationship between executive performance and salivary alpha-amylase (SAA) activity in a sample of 64 healthy children (39 boys), and compare it to the association of SAA output and salivary flow rate (SFR). Executive functioning was assessed via fluency, trail-making, rings and inhibition tasks from the Batería de Evaluación Neuropsicológica de la Función Ejecutiva en Niños [Battery of Neuropsychological Assessment for Executive Function in Children] (ENFEN), merged into an ENFEN total score. SAA activity, output, and SFR were measured at baseline, one minute before, and one minute after the end of a neuropsychological testing session. Our results confirmed a direct, linear and significant association between SAA activity and executive functioning, r(64) = .351, p < .05, and extended it to SAA output, r(64) =.431, p < .05. The mean level of SAA output was the best predictor of executive functioning (β = .431, p < .05) and explained 18.2 % of the variance in ENFEN total score. In sum, and compared to SAA activity, measuring SAA output may be a more precise and indirect marker to assess executive functioning in children
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National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Salivation
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Salivary alpha-Amylases
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Executive Function
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Span. j. psychol
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria/Spain
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The Education University of Hong Kong/China
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Universidad de Málaga/Spain