Early mathematical competencies have a great impact on academic performance and on the development of more complex mathematical skills, especially in early education. Several authors have highlighted the importance of working memory and inhibition in the development of these mathematical skills; however, there is no agreement regarding the explanatory capacity of these executive domains with respect to differentiated performance in mathematics. The aim of this research was to evaluate the predictive capacity of verbal and visuospatial working memory and of behavioral and cognitive inhibition in mathematical competencies of relational logic and numerical type in 106 Chilean children of early education between 4 and 6 years old, who were evaluated with four executive tasks and an early mathematical assessment test. For data analysis, correlations and multiple linear regressions were perfor...

Background: Although there is evidence of the effect of the contexts in which children develop on their cognitive development and executive function, there are few studies that analyze the specific influence of certain parenting skills on attention and cognitive flexibility. Objective: This study aimed to determine the influence of bonding, formative, reflective and protective parenting skills on attention and cognitive flexibility in first grade schoolchildren. Method: Ninety-six (96) dyads of fathers/ mothers/caregivers and children from Chilean schools participated in the study. The former were evaluated with the Positive Parenting Scale (e2p) and the latter with the subtests color path and gray path of the Neuropsychological Assessment of Executive Functions in Children (ENFEN). The data was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and one-way ANOVA. Results: The results sh...

It is well known that social cognition functioning is impaired in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, but its performance in different subtypes of mild cognitive impairment is less known. Objective: Systematic review aimed at collecting and summarizing studies that analyze the functioning and trajectory of the theory of mind in patients with amnestic, non-amnestic, single- and/or multidomain mild cognitive impairment. Materials and methods: The search, selection and extraction of studies followed PRISMA guidelines, and the quality assessment of selected studies was performed according to STROBE guidelines. Results: Fifteen out of 16 studies published between 2013 and 2023 that met the inclusion criteria showed that the theory of mind is impaired in all types of mild cognitive impairment, especially the amnestic type, regardless of etiology and the diagnostic criteria used. Conclusio...