Publication year
2013Source
Clinical Psychology Review, 33, 4, (2013), pp. 539-60ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Organization
PI Group Memory & Emotion
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Former Organization
Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Journal title
Clinical Psychology Review
Volume
vol. 33
Issue
iss. 4
Page start
p. 539
Page end
p. 60
Subject
DCN PAC - Perception action and control NCEBP 9 - Mental health; NCEBP 9: Mental healthAbstract
Many children with ADHD remain symptomatic in (young) adulthood. It is important to understand what characterizes this persistent ADHD group. Since ADHD has been associated with neurocognitive dysfunctioning on a variety of neurocognitive domains, and many of these domains are influenced by the same risk genes that influence ADHD, neurocognitive functions are a potential predictor for ADHD persistence. We carried out a systematic literature review on the predictive value of neurocognitive functioning for future ADHD. Based on eighteen studies there was no evidence that either automatically controlled (requiring little mental effort; lower level), or more consciously controlled (requiring high levels of mental effort; higher level) neurocognitive functions differentiated ADHD persistence from remittance. In general, both persisters and remitters showed weaker performance than typically developing controls, although the effect was smaller for remitters. Neurocognitive functions measured in childhood predicted ADHD a few years later, regardless of the type of neurocognitive function. Our findings do not support the model of Halperin and Schulz (2006), which suggests a maturation of more consciously controlled neurocognitive functions in ADHD remitters.
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