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Attentional Control Activation Relates to Working Memory in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Background Attentional control difficulties in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might reflect poor working memory (WM) ability, especially because WM ability and attentional control rely on similar brain regions. The current study examined whether WM ability might explain group differences in brain activation between adults with ADHD and normal control subjects during attentional demand.Methods Participants were 20 adults with ADHD combined subtype with no comorbid psychiatric or learning disorders and 23 control subjects similar in age, IQ, and gender. The WM measures were obtained from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III and Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised. Brain activation was assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while performing a Color-Word Stroop task.Results Group differences in WM ability explained a portion of the activation in left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), which has been related to the creation and maintenance of an attentional set for task-relevant information. In addition, greater WM ability predicted increased activation of brain regions related to stimulus-driven attention and response selection processes in the ADHD group but not in the control group.Conclusions The inability to maintain an appropriate task set in young adults with combined type ADHD, associated with decreased activity in left DLPFC, might in part be due to poor WM ability. Furthermore, in individuals with ADHD, higher WM ability might relate to increased recruitment of stimulus-driven attention and response selection processes, perhaps as a compensatory strategy.
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“In contrast, the group difference in the WM correlation was in the opposite direction within three other regions. These regions included ventromedial PFC (BA10), which has been implicated in “default mode” processing (38).”
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- Supportedcites [38] Castellanos, 2008, Cingulate-precuneus interactions: a new locus of dysfunction in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Biol Psychiatry source
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“The event-related contrast of incongruent-NI yielded significantly greater activation for controls versus ADHD in right dACC.”
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“an unpaired samples t-test revealed that proportion RT interference scores [(mean RT for incongruent trials - mean RT for NI trials) / mean RT for NI trials] were reduced for the ADHD group relative to controls, t(41)=-2.329, p = .025.”
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“Instead, high WM individuals with ADHD deactivated this region in a transient manner for more-difficult incongruent trials relative to neutral trials (i.e., inc-NI contrast).”
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“After adding WM ability as a covariate, these effects remained significant (Table 3).”
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“Here, the correlation of WM ability with the C-N blocked contrast was significantly greater for the ADHD group than controls.”
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“These group differences were no longer significant after controlling for WM ability.”
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“However, after controlling for WM ability, activation in right dACC no longer differed between the two groups.”
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“Controls did not show transient deactivation of this region, either related to WM ability or for the group on average.”
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“These relationships were especially evident during incongruent and congruent conditions, when task stimuli contain multiple stimulus dimensions and/or potential responses.”
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“Attentional control and WM rely on a common set of neural structures, many of which have been implicated as dysfunctional in ADHD.”
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- Partly supportedcites [14] Nee, 2007, Interference resolution: Insights from a meta-analysis of neuroimaging tasks, Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The “Relation to Other Work” section reports that working-memory tasks implicate several frontal and parietal regions also found in the paper’s interference-task analysis, supporting overlap between working memory and attentional control. The passage does not address ADHD or establish that those regions are dysfunctional in people with ADHD. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Not checked yetcites [15] Neumann, 2008, Model-based clustering of meta-analytic functional imaging data, Hum Brain Mapp source
- Not checked yetcites [16] Owen, 2005, N-back working memory paradigm: A meta-analysis of normative functional neuroimaging studies, Hum Brain Mapp source
- Not checked yetcites [17] Wager, 2003, Neuroimaging studies of working memory: A meta-analysis, Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci source
- Not checked yetcites [18] Dickstein, 2006, The neural correlates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: An ALE meta-analysis, J Child Psychol Psychiatry source
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“The control group deactivated this region during task relative to rest (i.e., I, C, and N blocked contrasts), but the ADHD group did not show this sustained deactivation.”
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“Again, this difference arose from a positive correlation in the ADHD group and a non-significant correlation in the control group.”
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“The control group activated these regions, but the ADHD group did not.”
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“Increased WM ability was related to increased RT facilitation in the ADHD group, r(20)=.468, p = .038, but not for the control group, r(23)=.111, p > .60, suggesting that WM ability increased task-irrelevant processing in the ADHD group, but not in the control group.”
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“In each case, greater WM ability was associated with greater activation in the ADHD group, whereas in the control group, the relationship between WM ability and blocked activity was either negative (i.e. greater WM, less activity) or non-significant (cf. Figure 2).”
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“The groups did not differ on accuracy interference scores, or on the correlation between WM ability and behavioral interference scores.”
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“Consistent with this, left DLPFC activity was reduced for the ADHD group versus controls during C and N blocks, but not during I blocks.”
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“For response selection, attentional demands will be greater for incongruent than congruent and neutral trials, because the two sources of color information in incongruent trials relate to potential responses that conflict.”
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“A defining characteristic of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a difficulty in controlling, maintaining, and directing attention (1).”
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- Not checked yetcites [1] 2000
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“Groups did not differ in IQ, reading and spelling performance, or math performance, and were consistent in overall age.”
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“Others have argued that the demands of task set maintenance vary across different Stroop task conditions (9).”
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- Not checked yetcites [9] Kane, 2003, Working-memory capacity and the control of attention: The contributions of goal neglect, response competition, and task set to Stroop interference, J Exp Psychol Gen source
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“Furthermore, three individuals with ADHD were identified as outliers on WM measures. These individuals were excluded prior to subsequent analyses, to avoid spurious correlations between WM ability and brain activity.”
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“To simultaneously increase our sensitivity and avoid spurious results, we constrained our search space to regions that have shown Stroop effects in previous studies conducted in our lab (23-25, 32, 33).”
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- Not checked yetcites [23] Milham, 2005, Anterior cingulate cortex: An fMRI analysis of conflict specificity and functional differentiation, Hum Brain Mapp source
- Not checked yetcites [24] Banich, 2000, FMRI studies of Stroop tasks reveal unique roles of anterior and posterior brain systems in attentional selection, J Cogn Neurosci source
- Not checked yetcites [25] Milham, 2003, Competition for priority in processing increases prefrontal cortex's involvement in top-down control: An event-related fMRI study of the Stroop task, Cogn Brain Res source
- Not checked yetcites [32] Banich, 2001, Attentional selection and the processing of task-irrelevant information: Insights from fMRI examinations of the Stroop task, Prog Brain Res source
- Not checked yetcites [33] Liu, 2006, Functional dissociation of attentional selection within PFC: Response and non-response related aspects of attentional selection as ascertained by fMRI, Cereb Cortex source
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“As expected, however, the ADHD and control groups differed in the number of ADHD symptoms and impairment in real-world functioning (Table 1).”
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“Some theories suggest that reduced WM ability in individuals with ADHD contributes to their deficits in attentional control and executive function (5, 6).”
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- Not checked yetcites [5] Pennington, 1996, Executive functions and developmental psychopathology, J Child Psychol Psychiatry source
- Not checked yetcites [6] Rapport, 2008, Working memory deficits in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): The contribution of central executive and subsystem processes, J Abnorm Child Psychol source
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“However, ADHD affects executive function more widely, compromising processes such as response inhibition and planning (2).”
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- Not checked yetcites [2] Willcutt, 2005, Validity of the executive function theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analytic review, Biol Psychiatry source
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“The ADHD group was not comorbid for other psychiatric disorders or learning disabilities.”
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“Indeed, lower WM ability in non-ADHD individuals is associated with poorer cognitive ability (7) and increased mind-wandering away from challenging activities in real-life settings (8).”
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Engle, 1999, Working memory, short-term memory, and general fluid intelligence: A latent-variable approach, J Exp Psychol Gen source
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“Data from 5 individuals (4 ADHD, 1 control) were unusable due to excessive movement (i.e., greater than 2mm) during scanning.”
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“For selecting the task-relevant stimulus dimension, attentional demands will be less for neutral trials than for incongruent and congruent trials, when two sources of color information must be disambiguated (i.e., the ink color and the word identity; 23, 29).”
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- Not checked yetcites [23] Milham, 2005, Anterior cingulate cortex: An fMRI analysis of conflict specificity and functional differentiation, Hum Brain Mapp source
- Not checked yetcites [29] Posner, 1998, Executive attention: Conflict, target detection, and cognitive control
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“In contrast, on congruent and neutral trials, the word name does not conflict with the ink color, resulting in no reminder of the need to identify the ink color (i.e., “goal neglect”; 9).”
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- Not checked yetcites [9] Kane, 2003, Working-memory capacity and the control of attention: The contributions of goal neglect, response competition, and task set to Stroop interference, J Exp Psychol Gen source
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“This suggests that sustained deactivation of default mode is dysfunctional in individuals with ADHD (39), but high WM individuals with ADHD attempt to overcome this dysfunction by deactivating this region transiently.”
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- Not checked yetcites [39] Braver, 2009, Flexible neural mechanisms of cognitive control within human prefrontal cortex, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A source
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“This pattern was unexpected if interference (which is present in both incongruent and congruent conditions) reduces task-set maintenance.”
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“This pattern suggests that attentional control depended upon task-set maintenance during the C and N blocks, but not during the I blocks.”
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“We used the AlphaSim algorithm within AFNI (34) to conduct Monte Carlo simulations to estimate cluster-wise false positive rates of alpha=.05 within this a priori search space.”
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- Not checked yetcites [34] Ward
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“Unlike other regions discussed above (e.g., DLPFC), dACC has not been not strongly implicated in WM function (17).”
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- Not checked yetcites [17] Wager, 2003, Neuroimaging studies of working memory: A meta-analysis, Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci source
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“The Cascade-of-Control model (20) suggests that, when earlier-stage attentional control processes are ineffective, individuals direct performance using later-stage attentional control processes.”
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- Not checked yetcites [20] Banich, 2009, Executive function: The search for an integrated account, Curr Dir Psychol Sci source
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“Regions were considered statistically significant, correcting for multiple comparisons, if they surpassed a voxelwise threshold of z=2.58 (one-tailed p = .005) and a cluster size of 69 voxels.”
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“Furthermore, WM ability in individuals with ADHD might relate to attentional control processes other than task-set maintenance, such as stimulus-driven attention and response selection.”
§ Attentional Control Activation Relates to Working Memory in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder > Discussion
hedgedcorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
- Checkable: passes — It can be checked against evidence.
- Load-bearing: passes — The paper’s conclusions depend on it.
- Based: passes — The paper gives a reason why it holds.
Probably not a substantial claim.
The paper relies on this without support.
No prior studies have directly examined how the neural substrates supporting both working memory and attentional control, namely DLPFC, might be altered in young adults with ADHD.
“Despite these similarities, no studies have investigated directly how the neural substrates that support both WM ability and attentional control, namely DLPFC, might be altered in young adults with ADHD.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
Working memory networks maintain representations of task sets, producing a relationship between working memory ability and task-set maintenance.
“We propose that WM networks may maintain representations of task sets, resulting in a relationship between WM ability and task-set maintenance.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The Stroop task contains at least three levels of attentional demand: task-set selection and maintenance, task-relevant stimulus-dimension selection, and response selection.
“The Stroop task contains at least three levels of attentional demand: selection and maintenance of a task set for task-relevant information (i.e., attend to chromatic color), selection of the task-relevant stimulus dimension (i.e. the chromatic color blue, not the semantic meaning “RED”), and response selection (the response associated with blue versus with red).”
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In the citing paper
“Evidence indeed suggests that impairments in EF are related to deficits in attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11]”
In the citing paper
“The serious game is based on ADHD theories which argue that deficits in executive functioning are related to impulsivity, hyperactivity, and attention (69–77).”
From Serious Games for Mental Health: Are They Accessible, Feasible, and Effective? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2017) · cites this paper as [72]
In the citing paper
“These are associated with altered patterns of activity in distinct brain networks: (i) attention and working memory, comprising the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex and temporal cortices (Burgess et al., 2010; Ehlis et al., 2008; Vance et al., 2007); (ii) executive functions and cognitive control (including feedback processing and response selection), comprising the dorsal, medial”
From Functional neuroimaging of visuospatial working memory tasks enables accurate detection of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (2015) · cites this paper as Burgess et al., 2010
In the citing paper
“The MFG is believed to play an executive role in the visuospatial working memory network, and a primary role in volitional (top-down) allocation of attention (Burgess et al., 2010; Ehlis et al., 2008; Vance et al., 2007).”
From Functional neuroimaging of visuospatial working memory tasks enables accurate detection of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (2015) · cites this paper as Burgess et al., 2010
Statistics that don’t add up
Each reported p-value recomputed from its test statistic and degrees of freedom.
Rated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.
In the paper
“r(20)=.468, p = .038”
§ Attentional Control Activation Relates to Working Memory in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder > Results > Behavioral results
Reported p = .038 · recomputed p = .028
Rated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.
In the paper
“r(23)=.111, p > .60”
§ Attentional Control Activation Relates to Working Memory in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder > Results > Behavioral results
Reported p > .6 · recomputed p = .597
Statistics recomputed
Every reported test result, recomputed from its test statistic and degrees of freedom. A result shows as not adding up only once an independent check has confirmed it.
- Doesn’t add upr(20) = 0.468reported p = .038 · recomputed p = .028
“r(20)=.468, p = .038”
- Doesn’t add upr(23) = 0.111reported p > .6 · recomputed p = .597
“r(23)=.111, p > .60”
- Consistentt(41) = -3.26reported p = .002 · recomputed p = .002
“t(41) = -3.260, p = .002”
- Consistentt(41) = -2.131reported p = .039 · recomputed p = .039
“t(41) = -2.131, p = .039”
- Consistentt(41) = -3.313reported p = .002 · recomputed p = .002
“t(41) = -3.313, p = .002”
- Consistentt(41) = -1.922reported p = .062 · recomputed p = .062
“t(41) = -1.922, p = .062”
- Consistentt(41) = -3.804reported p = .0005 · recomputed p < .001
“t(41) = -3.804, p = .0005”
- Consistentt(41) = 2.385reported p = .022 · recomputed p = .022
“t(41)=2.385, p = .022”
- Consistentt(40) = 2.51reported p = .016 · recomputed p = .016
“t(40)=2.510, p = .016”
- Consistentt(41) = -2.329reported p = .025 · recomputed p = .025
“t(41)=-2.329, p = .025”
- Consistentt(40) = -2.356reported p = .023 · recomputed p = .023
“t(40)=-2.356, p = .023”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burgess, G. C., Depue, B. E., Ruzic, L., Willcutt, E. G., Du, Y. P., & Banich, M. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Corresponding author
- Burgess, Gregory C.
- Venue
- Biological Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-04
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 632-640
- ISSN
- 0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2953472
- OpenAlex
- W2089842948
- Cited by
- 147
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 8.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH70037, P50 MH079485)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, working memory, attentional control, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, Stroop task, task set maintenance, bottom-up attention, response selection, adult ADHD
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Reaction Time, Wechsler Scales, Young Adult
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