Impairment on WM, STM, and/or motivation is associated with more inattention symptoms, medication use, and lower IQ scores¶
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q3 i? Having an impairment on WM, STM, and/or motivation was associated with more inattention symptoms, medication-use, and lower IQ scores. → S. Dovis 2015
Evidence¶
S. Dovis 2015¶
S. Dovis, S. van der Oord, H.M. Huizenga, R.W. Wiers, P.J.M. Prins. (2015). Prevalence and diagnostic validity of motivational impairments and deficits in visuospatial short-term memory and working memory in ADHD subtypes. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24(5), 575-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0612-1
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Secondary analysis linking neuropsychological impairment status (WM, STM, and/or motivation) to clinical and cognitive characteristics in the ADHD sample. The abstract reports the association with "more inattention symptoms, medication-use, and lower IQ scores."
"Impairment on WM, STM, and/or motivation was associated with more inattention symptoms, medication-use, and lower IQ scores."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Diagnostic validity analyses yield results similar to the prevalence findings for WM, STM, and motivational impairments — related
- Lower trait motivation scores in ADHD adults are associated with more severe inattention symptoms, but not hyperactivity — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Both ADHD subtypes show equally pronounced motivational deficits that impair visuospatial STM and WM performance — related
- In the ADHD-I restrictive subtype, visuospatial WM impairments are more prevalent than in controls but STM impairments are not — related
- Children with ADHD-C show impaired visuospatial STM and CE relative to typically developing controls, whereas children with ADHD-I show impaired CE but intact STM — related
- The inattentive ADHD subtype has the worst learning ability score among ADHD subtypes — related
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Impairment on WM, STM, and/or motivation is associated with more inattention symptoms, medication use, and lower IQ scores |
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Impairment on WM, STM, and/or motivation is associated with more inattention symptoms, medication use, and lower IQ scores |
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2015 |
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