ArticleFrontiers in psychology2017
Differences in Executive Functioning in Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
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- Working memory and set-shifting in school-aged children classified as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2022Article
- Subgroups of Childhood ADHD Based on Temperament Traits and Cognition: Concurrent and Predictive Validity.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Article
- Acute Physical Activity, Executive Function, and Attention Performance in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Typically Developing Children: An Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Spatial Perspective-Taking in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Predictive Role of Visuospatial and Motor Abilities.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
- Executive Function and Attention Performance in Children with ADHD: Effects of Medication and Comparison with Typically Developing Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
In recent years, the interest in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and its relation to deficits in working memory (WM) and more specifically the different executive functions (EFs) has grown, to the point of confirming that these are quite frequent in this disorder. The aim of this study was precisely to explore differences in executive functioning of WM in fourth grade Primary school children with and without ADHD (26 and 29 children, respectively), introducing rigorous control measures in the tests used. Four EFs were analyzed: divided attention, updating, attentional shifting and inhibition, measured through four tasks, the dual-task paradigm (digits and box-crossing), the N-Back task, the Trail Making Test and the Stroop task, respectively. The results showed that participants with ADHD, compared to children with typical development (TD), exhibited a smaller verbal memory span as well as deficits in the attentional shifting and updating functions. However, a similar performance for the EF of inhibition was found for both groups of participants. Finally, an unexpected result was obtained with regard to the role of divided attention, as children with ADHD were less impaired when performing the double task than participants in the TD group.
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