Memory for object locations in boys with and without ADHD.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether 7- to 12-year-old boys with ADHD, relative to non-ADHD age-mates, exhibit greater difficulty learning and remembering object locations. The second purpose was to examine the functional utility of mnemonic strategies, specifically speech-to-self, used by boys with and without ADHD.


METHODS
Boys with and without ADHD were videotaped while completing a well-established, laboratory-based object location learning and memory task.


RESULTS
Boys with ADHD evinced a deficit while learning the location of objects and employed less sophisticated forms of private speech during the memory task.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings reveal details about the utility of private speech during spatial working memory performance and further a theoretical understanding of ADHD. (J. of Att. Dis. 2010; 13(5) 505-515).
Reck
Sarah G
SG
Illinois State University, USA.
Hund
Alycia M
AM
Landau
Steven
S
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology*