title: Verbal Memory Function in Intellectually Well-Functioning Adults With ADHD: Relations to Working Memory and Response Inhibition.
abstract: Objective:To investigate verbal memory function with relation to working memory (WM) and response inhibition (RI) in adults with ADHD.Method:Verbal memory function was assessed by the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II), WM by the Paced Serial Addition Test, and RI by the Color-Word Interference Test from Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System in a sample of adults with normal to high intellectual function (IQ).Results:The ADHD group (n= 74) obtained lower scores than controls on measures of learning, recall, and immediate memory (CVLT-II). WM and RI explained a substantial part of verbal memory performance in both groups. A group to executive function (EF) interaction effect was identified for the total number of intrusions and false positive responses on the CVLT-II recognition trial.Conclusion:Verbal memory performance only partially overlaps with EF in intellectually well-functioning adults with ADHD. Both EF and verbal memory function should be assessed as part of a neuropsychological evaluation of adults with ADHD.(J. of Att. Dis. XXXX; XX(X) XX-XX).
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.|2 K. G. Jebsen Center for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Astri J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lundervold
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.|2 K. G. Jebsen Center for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Norway.|3 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Helene Barone
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Halleland
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Erlend Joramo
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Brevik
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway.|5 Department of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haavik
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sørensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; D056344:Executive Function; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014706:Verbal Learning
keywords: ADHD; CVLT-II; executive function; neuropsychology; response inhibition; verbal memory; working memory