Intellectual Deficits in Children with ADHD Beyond Central Executive and Non-Executive Functions
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Intellectual deficits in children with ADHD beyond central executive and non-executive functions.
This study aimed to specify the deficit in intellectual ability in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), by studying the mediating role of impairments in central executive function (EF)-related components (working memory, inhibition, sustained attention) and non-EFs (short-term memory and processing speed). Two hundred and thirty children aged 8-11 years from a populati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp075