Takács, Adam, Yuval, Shilon, Janacsek, Karolina ORCID: 0000-0001-7829-8220, Kobor, Andrea, Tremblay, Antoine, Nemeth, Dezso and Ullman, Michael T. (2017) Procedural learning in Tourette syndrome, ADHD, and comorbid Tourette-ADHD: Evidence from a probabilistic sequence learning task. Brain and Cognition, 117. pp. 33-40. ISSN 0278-2626 (Print), 1090-2147 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2017.06.009)

Preview

PDF (Author's Accepted Manuscript) 25730 JANACSEK_Procedural_Learning_In_Tourette_Syndrome_ADHD_And_Comorbid_Tourette-ADHD_(AAM)_2017.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (614kB) | Preview

Abstract

Procedural memory, which is rooted in the basal ganglia, plays an important role in the implicit learning of motor and cognitive skills. Few studies have examined procedural learning in either Tourette syndrome (TS) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), despite basal ganglia abnormalities in both of these neurodevelopmental disorders. We aimed to assess procedural learning in children with TS (n = 13), ADHD (n = 22), and comorbid TS-ADHD (n = 20), as well as in typically developing children (n = 21). Procedural learning was measured with a well-studied implicit probabilistic sequence learning task, the alternating serial reaction time task. All four groups showed evidence of sequence learning, and moreover did not differ from each other in sequence learning. This result, from the first study to examine procedural memory across TS, ADHD and comorbid TS-ADHD, is consistent with previous findings of intact procedural learning of sequences in both TS and ADHD. In contrast, some studies have found impaired procedural learning of non-sequential probabilistic categories in TS. This suggests that sequence learning may be spared in TS and ADHD, while at least some other forms of learning in procedural memory are impaired, at least in TS. Our findings indicate that disorders associated with basal ganglia abnormalities do not necessarily show procedural learning deficits, and provide a possible path for more effective diagnostic tools, and educational and training programs.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Tourette syndrome, ADHD, comorbidity, procedural memory, procedural learning, sequence learning
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2021 11:12
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/25730

Actions (login required)

View Item

Downloads