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See Latest ArticlesExecutive Function Impairments in High IQ Adults With ADHD
Journal of Attention Disorders, 05/13/09
Brown TE et al. - High IQ adults with ADHD tend to suffer EF impairments that can be assessed with these measures; incidence of such impairments in this group is significantly higher than in the general population.
Methods- 157 ADHD adults with IQ 120 were assessed with 8 normed measures of EF– 3 index scores from standardized tests of memory and cognitive abilities, and 5 subscales of a normed self-report measure of EF impairments in daily life.
- 73% of subjects were significantly impaired on 5 of these 8 EF markers. On all 8 measures, incidence of these impairments was significantly greater than in the general population.
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