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Executive function, memory, and learning in Tourettes syndrome.

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Young people with Tourettes syndrome (TS) alone, TS plus attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (+ADHD), or TS plus obsessive-compulsive disorder (+OCD) were compared with a healthy control group on a set of measures of executive functioning, memory, ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2003Apr in Journal: Neuropsychology (Language : eng)

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1. Neuropsychology. 2003 Apr;17(2):247-54

Executive function, memory, and learning in Tourette's syndrome.

Channon S, Pratt P, Robertson MM

Subdepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, England. s.channon@ucl.ac.uk

Young people with Tourette's syndrome (TS) alone, TS plus attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (+ADHD), or TS plus obsessive-compulsive disorder (+OCD) were compared with a healthy control group on a set of measures of executive functioning, memory, and learning. The TS-alone group was impaired on one executive measure involving inhibition and strategy generation but did not differ significantly from the healthy control group on other measures. The TS+ADHD group showed impairment on several executive measures. There was no evidence of impairment in implicit aspects of memory and learning for any of the TS groups. The findings are discussed in terms of the frontostriatal hypothesis of TS and the contribution of comorbid symptomatology.

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Shelley	Channon	S
Polly	Pratt	P
Mary M	Robertson	MM

Affiliation: Subdepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, England. s.channon@ucl.ac.uk

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Adolescent
Adult
Aging - psychology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology
Child
Female
Humans
Learning - physiology
Male
Memory - physiology
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Tourette Syndrome - drug therapy, psychology

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