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In a previous study (Zoccolotti et al., 2020) we examined reading, spelling, and maths skills in an unselected group of 129 Italian children attending fifth grade by testing various cognitive predictors; results showed a high degree of predictors’ selectivity for each of these three behaviors. In the present study, we focused on the specificity of the predictors by performing cross-analyses on the same dataset; i.e., we predicted spelling and maths skills based on reading predictors, reading based on maths predictors and so on.

Sleep has a crucial role in memory processes, and maturational changes in sleep electrophysiology
are involved in cognitive development. Albeit both sleep and memory alterations have
been observed in Developmental Dyslexia (DD), their relation in this population has been scarcely
investigated, particularly concerning topographical aspects. The study aimed to compare sleep
topography and associated sleep-related declarative memory consolidation in participants with DD

Present single case proves the effectiveness of a theory-based cognitive treatment on numerical and calculation abilities in developmental age. Both evaluation and treatment were designed on the bases of current models of numerical cognition, in particular Von Aster's developmental model. At the age of 7.4 years, HT was referred for a serious delay in the acquisition of numerical skills involving all numerical and calculation skills (written calculations, numerical knowledge, accuracy, rapidity).

Incontinentia Pigmenti (IP, OMIM#308300) is a rare X-linked genomic disorder (about 1,400 cases)
that affects the neuroectodermal tissue and Central Nervous System (CNS). The objective of this
study was to describe the cognitive-behavioural profile in children in order to plan a clinical
intervention to improve their quality of life. A total of 14 girls (age range: from 1 year and 2 months
to 12 years and 10 months) with IP and the IKBKG/NEMO gene deletion were submitted to a