Validity of the executive function theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analytic review.

By Erik G. Willcutt, A. Doyle, Joel T. Nigg, Stephen V. Faraone, Bruce F. Pennington. Biological Psychiatry, 2005

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health

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The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function (2021, background): “, [175, 176]) or lack of self-restraint [177], even when controlling for intelligence.”
Working Memory Training and the Effect on Mathematical Achievement in Children with Attention Deficits and Special Needs (2013, background): “Willcut et al. (2005) found several executive functions to be associated with ADHD, such as planning, inhibition, attention and spatial WM abilities, which may negatively influence social interactions and academic outcomes (Miller & Hinshaw, 2010).”
The bored mind is a guiding mind: toward a regulatory theory of boredom (2018, background): “Children with ADHD, who suffer from attentional impairments (e.g., Rubia, 2011; Willcutt et al., 2005), exhibit decrease in beta mean frequency (e.g., Chabot & Serfontein, 1996; Clarke et al. 1998; Lazzaro et al., 1998) and this decrease is observed in the left DLPFC (Sangal & Sangal, 2015).”
Spontaneous attentional fluctuations in impaired states and pathological conditions: a neurobiological hypothesis. (2007, background): “This suggests: (i) that while many children with ADHD show evidence of executive dysfunction on neuropsychological tasks, many do not (around 50% on any particular task; Willcutt et al., 2005); (ii) that where there is evidence of executive dysfunction it typically occurs in a rather diffuse, fragme”
Teachers’ Reported Use of Instructional and Behavior Management Practices for Students with Behavior Problems: Relationship to Role and Level of Training in ADHD (2011, background): “Finally, weaknesses in executive functions (e.g., working memory) are often evident in students with ADHD and in students who exhibit attention problems (Alloway 2008; Thorell 2007; Willcutt et al. 2005 ).”
Physical activity and academic achievement in children: A historical perspective (2012, background): “89 In addition, executive functions deﬁciencies have been researched extensively in relation to learning disabilities, including ADHD, in clinical populations; 91 children with learning disabilities have impaired executive functions.”