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Memory functioning in children with reading disabilities and/or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a clinical investigation of their working memory and long-term memory functioning

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Kibby, Michelle Y., Cohen, Morris J.·2008·Child Neuropsychology

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We examined memory functioning in children with reading disabilities (RD), Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and RD/ADHD using a clinic sample with a clinical instrument: the Children's Memory Scale, enhancing its generalizability. Participants included 23 children with RD, 30 with ADHD, 30 with RD/ADHD, and 30 controls. Children with RD presented with reduced verbal short-term memory (STM) but intact visual STM, central executive (CE), and long-term memory (LTM) functioning. Their deficit in STM appeared specific to tasks requiring phonetic coding of material. Children with ADHD displayed intact CE and LTM functioning but reduced visual-spatial STM, especially when off stimulant medication. Children with RD/ADHD had deficits consistent with both disorders.

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  • Kibby and Cohen (2008) found that the comorbid group performed worse in both verbal and visuospatial working memory tasks than ADHD or dyslexia alone.

    “Kibby and Cohen (2008) found that the comorbid group performed worse in both verbal and visuospatial WM tasks than ADHD or dyslexia alone.”

    From Executive Functions in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Comorbidity Overlaps Between Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder and Specific Learning Disorders (2021) · cites this paper as Kibby and Cohen (2008)

    The Discussion (RD/ADHD; page unavailable) says the comorbid group had verbal-memory deficits like the RD-only group and reduced spatial-memory performance like the ADHD-only group, with no significant additional deficits. The Results do find a lower score than ADHD alone on one verbal task, Sequences, but do not support worse performance than both single-disorder groups on both types of task. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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Authors
Kibby, M. Y., & Cohen, M. J.
Affiliations
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale (US)
  • Augusta University (US)
Corresponding author
Kibby, Michelle Y.
Venue
Child Neuropsychology
Published
2008-11-12
Volume
14
Issue
6
Pages
525-546
ISSN
  • 0929-7049 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-4136
OpenAlex
W2012054398
Cited by
118
References
104
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FWCI
9.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Child Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R03HD048752)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Keywords
reading disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, working memory, long-term memory, short-term memory, central executive, phonological coding, visuospatial memory, stimulant medication
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Analysis of Variance, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Dyslexia, Educational Status, Female, Georgia, Humans, Male, Mathematics, Memory, Memory Disorders, Memory, Short-Term, Phonetics, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reading, Task Performance and Analysis, Comorbidity

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