Meta-analyses establish that ADHD is associated with poorer performance on tasks measuring inhibition, working memory, planning, and vigilance in children, with overall similar impairment patterns in adults and a strong association with reaction time variability¶

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q2 i? Meta-analyses of cognitive studies in children establish ADHD to be associated with poorer performance on tasks measuring inhibition, working memory, planning, and vigilance. → Franke 2018 q2 i? Studies of adults with ADHD reveal overall similar patterns of cognitive impairments as found in children and adolescents. → Franke 2018 (2) q2 i? Recent studies including meta-analyses indicate a strong association of ADHD with reaction time variability, capturing lapses in attention. → Franke 2018 (3)

Evidence¶

Franke 2018¶

Franke, B.; Michelini, G.; Asherson, P.; Banaschewski, T.; Bilbow, A.; Buitelaar, J.K.; Cormand, B.; Faraone, S.V; Ginsberg, Y.; Haavik, J.; Kuntsi, J.; Larsson, H.; Lesch, K.P.; Ramos-Quiroga, J.A.; Réthelyi, J.M.; Ribases, M.; Reif, A. (2018). Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan. European Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.001

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Narrative review of cognitive profiles across the lifespan, citing meta-analyses by Huang-Pollock et al. (2012) and Willcutt et al. (2005). The review reports poorer performance on "tasks measuring inhibition, work- ing memory, planning, and vigilance" in children. No effect sizes printed in the quoted sentence.

"Meta-analyses of cogni- tive studies in children establish ADHD to be associated with poorer performance on tasks measuring inhibition, work- ing memory, planning, and vigilance ( Huang-Pollock et al., 2012; Willcutt et al., 2005 )."

Franke 2018 (2)¶

Franke, B.; Michelini, G.; Asherson, P.; Banaschewski, T.; Bilbow, A.; Buitelaar, J.K.; Cormand, B.; Faraone, S.V; Ginsberg, Y.; Haavik, J.; Kuntsi, J.; Larsson, H.; Lesch, K.P.; Ramos-Quiroga, J.A.; Réthelyi, J.M.; Ribases, M.; Reif, A. (2018). Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan. European Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.001

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The review reports, citing multiple adult studies including Coghill et al. (2014) and Hervey et al. (2004), that "Studies of adults with ADHD reveal overall similar patterns of cognitive impair- ments as found in children and adolescents". Qualitative statement; no effect size printed.

"Studies of adults with ADHD reveal overall similar patterns of cognitive impair- ments as found in children and adolescents ( Coghill et al., 2014; Frazier-Wood et al., 2012; Hervey et al., 2004; Kuntsi et al., 2010; Mostert et al., 2015; Mowinckel et al., 2015; Sonuga-Barke et al., 2010 )."

Franke 2018 (3)¶

Franke, B.; Michelini, G.; Asherson, P.; Banaschewski, T.; Bilbow, A.; Buitelaar, J.K.; Cormand, B.; Faraone, S.V; Ginsberg, Y.; Haavik, J.; Kuntsi, J.; Larsson, H.; Lesch, K.P.; Ramos-Quiroga, J.A.; Réthelyi, J.M.; Ribases, M.; Reif, A. (2018). Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan. European Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.001

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The review reports, citing Frazier-Wood et al. (2012), Karalunas et al. (2014) and Kuntsi et al. (2010), "a strong as- sociation of ADHD with reaction time variability (RTV), cap- turing lapses in attention". The word strong is the article's own; no coefficient is printed.

"In addition, more re- cent studies, including meta-analyses, indicate a strong as- sociation of ADHD with reaction time variability (RTV), cap- turing lapses in attention ( Frazier-Wood et al., 2012; Karalu- nas et al., 2014; Kuntsi et al., 2010 )."

Discussion¶

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