Upset and Unfocused: ADHD symptoms and cognitive abilities as moderators for working memory performance under varying levels of emotional load
dc.contributor.advisor | Bolger, Donald | |
dc.contributor.author | Weisman, Hannah | |
dc.contributor.author | Mohan, Svetha | |
dc.contributor.author | Bowman, Evan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-24T20:37:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-24T20:37:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: ADHD symptoms are prevalent among college students and frequently cause executive function (EF) impairments. While EF impairments are well studied in this population, the interaction between emotional arousal/mood, working memory (WM), ADHD symptoms and cognitive abilities (CA) still remains unclear. Methods: 50 undergraduate participants’ ADHD symptoms and EF were assessed through cognitive assessments and behavioral questionnaires before they completed WM tasks under varying levels of laboratory-induced emotional load. Results: Participants with high ADHD symptoms and/or low CA struggled with the experimental WM task. Under emotional load, those with hyperactive-impulsive ADHD symptoms struggled with self-regulatory aspects of EF: producing more intrusions and recognition errors. The CA groups’ deficits were tied closer to recall ability – with and without added load. Conclusion: These findings further support that there are many reasons for WM challenges and that there is no single assessment that can identify the underlying cause of these struggles. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Individual Studies Program, University of Maryland | en_US |
dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/uq9h-0j45 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/25857 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research | |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, Md) | |
dc.subject | Human Development and Quantitative Methodologies | en_US |
dc.subject | EDUC | en_US |
dc.subject | Weisman | en_US |
dc.subject | ADHD | en_US |
dc.subject | Emotion Regulation | en_US |
dc.subject | Executive Function | en_US |
dc.subject | Cognitive Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject | Working Memory | en_US |
dc.subject | Attention | en_US |
dc.title | Upset and Unfocused: ADHD symptoms and cognitive abilities as moderators for working memory performance under varying levels of emotional load | en_US |
dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
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