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  • G. Salunkhe
    University of Freiburg
  • K. Weissbrodt
    University of Freiburg
  • B. Feige
    University of Freiburg
  • Christopher Saville
  • A. Berger
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • N.M. Dundon
    University of Freiburg
  • S. Bender
    University of Cologne
  • N. Smyrnis
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • A. Beauducel
    Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn
  • M. Biscaldi
    University of Freiburg
  • Christoph Klein
    University of Freiburg
Recent discussions of aetiological overlap between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) require comparative studying of these disorders. We examined performance of ASD patients with (ASD+) and without (ASD-) comorbid ADHD, ADHD patients and controls for selected putative endophenotypes of ADHD: Intra-Subject Variability (ISV) of reaction times, working memory (WM), inhibition and temporal processing. We found that patients with ADHD or ASD+, but not ASD-, had elevated ISV across the entire task battery and temporal processing deficits; and that none of the groups were impaired in WM or inhibition. High levels of ISV and generally poor performance in ASD+ patients were only partially due to additive effects of the pure disorders. Overall, we conclude that, within our limited but heterogeneous task battery, ISV and temporal processing deficits are most sensitive to ADHD symptomatology and that controlling for ADHD comorbidity is mandatory when assessing ISV in autism.

Keywords

  • endophenotypes, intrasubject variability, response inhibition, temporal reproduction, working memory
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)217-232
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Attention Disorders
Volume25
Issue number2
Early online date13 Jun 2018
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Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021

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