Indexing Executive Functions with Test Scores, Parent Ratings and ERPs: How Do the Measures Relate in Children versus Adolescents with ADHD?

Linda Angelica HägerGeir ØgrimMaria DanielsenEva Billstedt Christopher GillbergJakob Åsberg Johnels

Published in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2020)

Age group effects were seen on a selection of ERP amplitudes in this sample of patients with ADHD. Ratings, test scores and EF-related ERPs seem to capture different aspects of EF in ADHD, and the associations differed depending on age group. The results show that different measures of EF are not interchangeable and highlight the importance of age when interpreting ERPs.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
working memory
autism spectrum disorder
young adults
physical activity