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An event-related potential study of spatial working memory deficits in college students with ADHD traits

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2018, v.30 no.4, pp.309-326
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2018.30.4.001


Abstract

This study investigated spatial working memory deficits in college students with attention-deficits/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits using event-related potentials (ERPs) and spatial 2-back task. Based on the scores of the Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scale and Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, ADHD-trait (n=31) and control (n=32) groups were selected. Participants were required to determine whether a current stimulus was in the same location as the stimulus presented 2 trials earlier. The ADHD-trait group showed significantly lower accuracy rate than the control group on the spatial 2-back task. In terms of ERPs, the ADHD-trait group exhibited significantly longer N200 latency as well as significantly smaller P300 amplitudes than the control group. The N200 and P300 components reflect the comparison of stimulus type, memory retrieval and memory updating, respectively. Therefore, the present results indicate that college students with ADHD traits have difficulties in comparison of relevant/irrelevant stimuli, memory retrieval and updating information in working memory. Results of this study further indicate that college students with ADHD traits have neurophysiological dysfunction associated with spatial working memory.

keywords
adult ADHD trait, spatial working memory, ERP, N200, P300, 성인 ADHD 성향군, 공간 작업 기억, 사건관련전위, N200, P300

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