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Neurocognitive and Behavioral Predictors of Math Performance in Children With and Without ADHD

Tanya N Antonini¹, Kathleen M Kingery¹, Megan E Narad¹

¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA.

Journal of Attention Disorders

|September 28, 2013

Abstract

Objective:

This study examined neurocognitive and behavioral predictors of math performance in children with and without ADHD.

Method:

Neurocognitive and behavioral variables were examined as predictors of (a) standardized mathematics achievement scores, (b) productivity on an analog math task, and (c) accuracy on an analog math task.

Results:

Children with ADHD had lower achievement scores but did not significantly differ from controls on math productivity or accuracy. N-back accuracy and parent-rated attention predicted math achievement. N-back accuracy and observed attention predicted math productivity. Alerting scores on the attentional network task predicted math accuracy. Mediation analyses indicated that n-back accuracy significantly mediated the relationship between diagnostic group and math achievement.

Conclusion:

Neurocognition, rather than behavior, may account for the deficits in math achievement exhibited by many children with ADHD.

Keywords:

ADHD behavioral attention curriculum-based measurement math achievement neurocognition working memory

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