Upset and Unfocused: ADHD symptoms and cognitive abilities as moderators for working memory performance under varying levels of emotional load

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dc.contributor.advisorBolger, Donald
dc.contributor.authorWeisman, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorMohan, Svetha
dc.contributor.authorBowman, Evan
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-24T20:37:01Z
dc.date.available2020-04-24T20:37:01Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.sponsorshipIndividual Studies Program, University of Marylanden_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/uq9h-0j45
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25857
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtMaryland Center for Undergraduate Research
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectHuman Development and Quantitative Methodologiesen_US
dc.subjectEDUCen_US
dc.subjectWeismanen_US
dc.subjectADHDen_US
dc.subjectEmotion Regulationen_US
dc.subjectExecutive Functionen_US
dc.subjectCognitive Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectWorking Memoryen_US
dc.subjectAttentionen_US
dc.titleUpset and Unfocused: ADHD symptoms and cognitive abilities as moderators for working memory performance under varying levels of emotional loaden_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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