Contrasting deficits on executive functions between ADHD and reading disabled children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
Gian Marco MarzocchiJoseph A Sergeant

Abstract

The object of this study was to analyze the executive functioning of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or reading disability (RD) independent of their non-executive deficits. Three carefully diagnosed groups of children, aged between 7 and 12 years (35 ADHD, 22 RD and 30 typically developing children), were tested on a wide range of tasks related to five major domains of executive functioning (EF): inhibition, visual working memory, planning, cognitive flexibility, and verbal fluency. Additional tasks were selected for each domain to control for non-executive processing. ADHD children were impaired on interference control, but not on prepotent and ongoing response suppression. ADHD showed deficits on visual working memory, planning, cognitive flexibility and phonetic fluency. RD children were impaired on phonetic fluency. The only EF measure that differentiated ADHD from RD was planning. The present sample of ADHD children showed several EF deficits, whereas RD children were almost spared executive dysfunction, but exhibited deficits in phonetic fluency.

References

Mar 11, 1992·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·W E PelhamR Milich
Feb 1, 1992·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·E J Sonuga-BarkeJ Smith
Mar 1, 1990·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·J A Bachorowski, J P Newman
Dec 1, 1994·Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology·R KrikorianN Gay
Jul 1, 1993·Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology·K Perrine
Jan 1, 1993·The American Journal of Psychiatry·R B RosseS I Deutsch
Jan 1, 1996·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·B F Pennington, S Ozonoff
Apr 13, 2000·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·K L Purvis, R Tannock
Jun 7, 2000·Dyslexia : the Journal of the British Dyslexia Association·K Spencer
Mar 23, 2001·Journal of Abnormal Psychology·G A Miller, J P Chapman
Apr 26, 2001·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·A ScheresJ A Sergeant
Feb 28, 2002·Behavioural Brain Research·Joseph A SergeantJaap Oosterlaan
May 7, 2002·Child Neuropsychology : a Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence·M van der SchootJ A Sergeant
Sep 5, 2002·Neuropsychologia·Mark BrosnanGerard Cody
Feb 25, 2003·Human Brain Mapping·William D GaillardCecile B Grandin
Nov 20, 2003·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Joseph A SergeantJaap Oosterlaan
Apr 2, 2004·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Hilde M GeurtsJoseph A Sergeant
Mar 12, 2005·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology·Jaap OosterlaanJoseph A Sergeant
May 28, 2005·Dyslexia : the Journal of the British Dyslexia Association·Astrid ReiterKlaus W Lange
Dec 17, 2005·European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists·Alessandro ZuddasJoseph Sergeant
Mar 3, 2006·The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience·Adam R Aron, Russell A Poldrack
Jul 20, 2006·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology·Michelle A ShanahanJohn C DeFries
Sep 22, 2006·Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie·Abel IckowiczLisa Cook
Apr 24, 2007·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Nanda N J RommelseJoseph A Sergeant
Aug 2, 2007·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology·R Matt AldersonMichael J Kofler
Aug 24, 2007·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Marjolein LumanJoseph A Sergeant

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jun 3, 2009·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology·Christien G W de JongJoseph A Sergeant
Feb 14, 2013·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology·Shinmin Wang, Susan E Gathercole
Aug 20, 2010·Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS·Jonathan Lipszyc, Russell Schachar
Jan 29, 2011·Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology·Sonia PackwoodSebastien Tremblay
Aug 20, 2010·Developmental Neuropsychology·Eva GermanòPaolo Curatolo
Dec 19, 2012·Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : the Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists·Susan K Stern, Mary K Morris
Feb 18, 2014·Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS·Leanne TammErik G Willcutt
Feb 18, 2015·Psychological Research·Richard P Cooper, Verity Marsh
Jan 28, 2016·Journal of Psychiatric Practice·Mariabernarda PitziantiAugusto Pasini
Mar 5, 2013·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Peter R KilleenJoseph A Sergeant
Oct 21, 2009·Developmental Science·Rosa A HoekstraDorret I Boomsma
Feb 14, 2012·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Celeste H M CheungJonna Kuntsi
Oct 8, 2015·Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research·Josef M UnterrainerMonica Biscaldi
Jul 29, 2015·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology·Paola ViterboriValentina De Franchis
Sep 10, 2014·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Sietske A E WaldaAnna M T Bosman
Oct 4, 2014·The Clinical Neuropsychologist·Octávio MouraMarcelino Pereira
Oct 25, 2011·The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology·Li YangYufeng Wang
Dec 30, 2014·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Joni HolmesSusan E Gathercole
Feb 11, 2015·Frontiers in Psychology·Olga V C A AndradeSimone A Capellini
Feb 23, 2013·Applied Neuropsychology. Child·Brian L BrooksCecil R Reynolds
Jul 13, 2014·Journal of Attention Disorders·Alessandro CrippaMaria Laura Sora
Nov 9, 2011·Journal of Learning Disabilities·Ana MirandaPilar Jara
May 5, 2010·Journal of Attention Disorders·Ruth M HurstMelissa K Livermore
Nov 8, 2013·Journal of Attention Disorders·Stefano Taddei, Bastianina Contena
May 12, 2017·Dyslexia : the Journal of the British Dyslexia Association·James H Smith-SparkAdam P Zięcik
Feb 9, 2010·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Margaret Semrud-ClikemanBrianne Butcher
Aug 11, 2020·Experimental Brain Research·Indrajeet Indrajeet, Supriya Ray
Apr 1, 2011·Dementia & Neuropsychologia·Helenice Charchat-FichmanAndreza Morais da Silva
Aug 17, 2019·Journal of Attention Disorders·M Inmaculada Fernández-AndrésXimena Vélez-Calvo
Nov 3, 2020·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Maria Bernarda PitziantiAugusto Pasini

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Attention Disorders

Attention is involved in all cognitive activities, and attention disorders are reported in patients with various neurological diseases. Here are the latest discoveries pertaining to attention disorders.