A Comparison of Working Memory Profiles in School-aged Children with Specific Language Impairment, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Comorbid SLI and ADHD and Their Typically Developing Peers

Overview

Journal Child Neuropsychol

Publisher Routledge

Specialties Neurology
Pediatrics
Psychology

Date 2011 Sep 17

PMID 21919558

Citations 19

Authors

Esther Hutchinson

Edith Bavin

Daryl Efron

Emma Sciberras

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Abstract

The association between specific language impairment (SLI), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and working memory (WM) was examined. WM has been implicated in language acquisition and models of ADHD; however, evidence for WM deficits in SLI and ADHD has been inconsistent. The components of Baddeley's WM model were investigated in 18 children with SLI, 16 children with ADHD, 11 children with comorbid SLI+ADHD, and 24 typically developing (TD) children. The presence of SLI resulted in deficits in more components of WM than the presence of ADHD indicating that children with SLI are more vulnerable to WM deficits than those with ADHD.

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