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However, state-of-the-art appears to be deficitary about the possibility of shared neurocognitive profiles within a given phenotype.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We aim to fulfil this gap by investigating, in SLD, formal correlations between WISC IV subtests and nine impairment domains, with their own degrees of severity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants and methodology<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>160 Italian children, aged 7 to 14\u202fyears, have been divided in four groups (Males vs. Females; Primary vs. Lower Secondary School); scores obtained in nine specific domains of abilities have been confronted versus WISC IV scales, using Pearson R correlations, and obtaining 15 \u00d7 9 matrices for each group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The most relevant correlations have been found in the primary-school group only, and in the female group only. The primary-school children presented a strong correlation of WMI with handwriting and reading. On the other hand, in the female group, mental calculation abilities correlated to several subtest indexes, such as: IQ; VCI; WMI. Reading comprehension abilities also correlated to WMI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interpretations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A possible explanation to neurocognitive profiles in females is represented by fronto-parietal networks: anomalies in gray-to-white matter ratio, in gray-matter depth, and in white-matter tracts appear to be typical of young females. Results found in the primary-school group underline the developmental role of working memory in learning how to properly read and write. 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