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Children with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity (ADHD) may present with a variety of cognitive deficits, including memory impairment. This study examines the strategic memory of Italian 6th to 8th graders diagnosed with ADHD and contrasts them with matched controls. In a series of 3 experiments, participants were administered a 4‐trial free recall task of partially categorizable and partially repeated material. ADHD participants had less recall and a higher number of intrusions. However, when they were informed and assisted in the use of the appropriate strategy (Experiment 2), they performed as well as controls. A difference between groups appeared again when only information, but not assistance was given to the participants on the use of the strategy (Experiment 3). Other executive control measures, such as, a planning‐mon‐itoring task (Experiment 2) and the Tower of London task (Experiment 3), differentiated between groups and predicted memory performance better than scores on Metamemory Que... |
