ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2020
Pediatric ADHD symptom burden relates to distinct neural activity across executive function domains.
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- Considerations for conducting developmental neuroimaging research on mental health topics.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Brain connectivity and academic skills in English learners.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2024Article
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- Brain Engagement During a Cognitive Flexibility Task Relates to Academic Performance in English Learners.Mind, brain and education : the official journal of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society · 2023Article
- Youth pre-pandemic executive function relates to year one COVID-19 difficulties.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent childhood disorder marked by inattention and/or hyperactivity symptoms. ADHD may also relate to impaired executive function (EF), but is often studied in a single EF task per sample. The current study addresses the question of unique vs. overlapping relations in brain activity across multiple EF tasks and ADHD symptom burden. Three in-scanner tasks drawn from distinct EF domains (cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibition) were collected from children with and without an ADHD diagnosis (N = 63). Whole-brain activity and 11 regions of interest were correlated with parent reports of inattention and hyperactivity symptoms. Across the three EF domains, brain activity related to ADHD symptom burden, but the direction and location of these associations differed across tasks. Overall, activity in sensory and default mode network regions related to ADHD, and these relations did not consistently overlap across EF domains. We observed both distinct and overlapping patterns for inattention and hyperactivity symptoms. By studying multiple EF tasks in the same sample, we identified a heterogenous neural profile related to attention symptom burden in children. Our results inform ADHD characterization and treatment and explain some of the variable brain results related to EF and ADHD reported in the literature.
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