Executive Functions in Children with ADHD and/or Reading Difficulty

Executive Functions in Children with ADHD and/or Reading Difficulty

Abstract The objective of this study was to compare the Executive Functions performance (EFs: inhibitory control, auditory and visuospatial working memory, cognitive flexibility and verbal fluency) between children with ADHD, reading difficulties (RD), comorbidity ADHD/RD and without complaints of A...

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Main Authors: Estephane Enadir Lucena Duarte Pereira, Carla Alexandra da Silva Moita Minervino, Lara Fechine Piquet da Cruz, Rauni Jandé Roama-Alves, Josemberg Moura Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2020-08-01
Series:Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa
Subjects:
executive control
attention deficit
reading
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-37722020000100302&tlng=en
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Summary:Abstract The objective of this study was to compare the Executive Functions performance (EFs: inhibitory control, auditory and visuospatial working memory, cognitive flexibility and verbal fluency) between children with ADHD, reading difficulties (RD), comorbidity ADHD/RD and without complaints of ADHD and RD (WRD). Participated 104 children, of both sexes, aged between eight and 11 years old. The results indicated worse performance of ADHD/RD group in the majority EFs. ADHD presented better performance than DL in semantic verbal fluency. The WRD obtained better scores than the ADHD / DL and DL in practically all the evaluated EFs, but did not differ of ADHD.
ISSN:1806-3446

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