A comparison of 13-year-old boys with attention deficit and/or reading disorder on neuropsychological measures.
This study compared 13-year-old boys with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and/or reading disability (RD), and controls with neither disorder on a battery of verbal and nonverbal neuropsychological measures. The aim was to examine whether ADD was associated with a qualitatively distinct pattern of deficits compared with RD. None of the measures differentiated the boys with ADD-only from the controls; the only deficit associated with ADD was slightly lower IQ. RD, on the other hand, was associated with deficits in memory and verbal skills.
McGee
R
R
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Williams
S
S
Moffitt
T
T
Anderson
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D014706:Verbal Learning