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The Features Of Cognitive Stages On Visuo-spatial Working Memory In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Posted on:2015-02-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330428499594Subject:Development and educational psychology
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Working memory (WM) has been hypothesized to be impaired in attention-deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, there are few studies reported on testsmeasuring visuo-spatial WM(VSWM) in ADHD. This study used the squared-up paradigmand manipulated the different types of interference to examine the effect of the differenttypes of interference on task visuo-spatial working memory of different cognitive stages inchildren with ADHD by group study methods. This study consists of three experiments.The experiment1was aimed to explore the effect of the different types of interference onthe coding stage. Results showed that children with ADHD only had worse response thanthe normal children in the interference condition. The purpose of Experiment2was toinvestigate the effect of the different types of interference on the holding stage. Resultsshowed that children with ADHD had no difference with the normal children.According to the experimental results and analysis, several conclusions of this studywere as follows:1)ADHD children have no defect in the task visuo-spatial workingmemory.2) the children with ADHD has worse response on the interference condition.
Keywords/Search Tags:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, visuo-spatial working memory, interference control
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