@misc{10481/101341,
year = {2019},
month = {5},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/101341},
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.},
organization = {Universidad de Málaga},
keywords = {children},
keywords = {executive funtioning},
keywords = {saliva},
keywords = {alpha-amylase},
keywords = {ENFEN},
title = {Association between salivary alpha-amylase and executive functioning in healthy children. The spanish journal of psychology},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2019.26},
author = {López Rojas, Cristina},
}