Abstract
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common developmental disorder that occurs in childhood and is characterized by attention deficit, with or without high levels of hyperactivity-impulsivity. ADHD in children is accompanied by a variety of difficulties and problems related to language, higher executive functions such as working memory and emotion self-regulation, behavior and socialization. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible differences in visuomotor organization and visual memory between children with ADHD and typically developing children. The experimental group consisted of 54 children with ADHD symptoms (36 boys and 18 girls, mean age 9.2 years, range 6-11 years), who were matched in age, gender and handedness with an equal number of typically developing children who formed the control group. To assess visuomotor organization and visual memory, both groups were administered the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure and tested on its replication and mnemonic reproduction. The analysis revealed no significant differences in the performance of the two groups in copying the complex figure, but the ADHD students showed significantly lower performance than typically developing children in its mnemonic reproduction. This lower performance was observed regardless of whether the children of the ADHD group belong to the inattentive, hyperactivity-impulsivity, or the combined subtype. These results suggest that children with ADHD are likely to experience cognitive deficits that affect the visual memory system much more than that of visuomotor organization.
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Chalmpe Maria, University of Thessaly, Greece
Agapitou Paraskevi, University of Thessaly, Greece
Bonoti Fotini, University of Thessaly, Greece
Vlachos Filippos, University of Thessaly, Greece
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Conference: ECE2024
Stream: Education & Difference: Gifted Education
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Maria C., Paraskevi A., Fotini B., & Filippos V. (2024) Visual Memory Deficits in Children With ADHD ISSN: 2188-1162 The European Conference on Education 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 407-415) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2024.33
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2024.33
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