Cognitive Neural Mechanism and Intervention of Attention Deficits in Patients with Down Syndrome

Abstract

Patients with Down’s syndrome have attention deficits, which can exacerbate their cognitive disorder and affect their skills development and life quality. Currently, explanations for attention deficits in patients with Down’s syndrome focus on neurological developmental deficits, which pose a significant challenge for subsequent improvement in cognitive function. This paper reviews relevant empirical studies, attempts to propose the hypothesis that inhibition disorder is the cognitive mechanism leading to this attention deficit, and introduces mindfulness training based on the explanation of its cognitive neural mechanism to demonstrate the possibility of mindfulness training to improve attention deficit in patients with Down’s syndrome. Future studies can continue to explore the cognitive neural mechanism of attention deficit in patients with Down’s syndrome, and further examine the effectiveness of mindfulness training to improve the ability of patients with Down’s syndrome to suppress distracting information, improve attention deficit, and thus enhance their cognitive level and life happiness.