Study of Gesture and Executive Functions in Children With High Intellectual Potential

Study of Gesture and Executive Functions in Children With High Intellectual Potential

The main objective of this study is to determine whether children with high intellectual potential have gestural and / or executive difficulties compared to control children.

Inclusion Criteria:

All participants :

• Informed consent of the child and both parents obtained
• Affiliated to Social Security
• Participants must be between 6 and 16 years of age.

Child with high intellectual potential :

• Score ≥ 130 on an intellectual efficiency scale administered by a psychologist

Control child :

• They will have to be intellectually efficient in the standard. To ensure this, the two sub-tests of the Intellectual Efficiency Scale (WISC-V) most closely correlated with intelligence (Vocabulary and Matrices) will be administered to them. Thus, the child must meet one of the following criteria in order to be included:
• Have two standard notes between -1 and +1 DS (between 7 and 13);
• Have one of its two notes between -1 and + 1DS (between 7 and 13) and the other between -2DS and <+ 2DS (between 5 and 15).

Exclusion Criteria:

All participants :

• Neurological history (epilepsy, cranial trauma, prematurity ...)
• Psychiatric history (Autistic Spectrum Disorder ...),
• Known genetic disease,
• Motor deficiency (eg hemiplegia),
• Elementary sensory disorder (auditory and visual) or insufficient command of French, limiting the understanding and participation in the study likely to impact the results to the protocol.
• Gnosic visual or linguistic deficiency.
• Sensory disorder
• Psychotropic Intake

Control child :

• High intellectual potential
• Known or suspected learning disability (no dyslexia-dysorthography, dysphasia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia).