Dimensional Implicit Memory Priming Deficits in Young ADHD Adults
Abstract
The experiment explored the difference between production and identification processes
and conceptual and perceptual processes in long-term implicit memory. The first phase
consisted of prescreening ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and non-
ADHD Texas A&M undergraduate students. The second phase consisted of a study task
and a filler task. The third phase consisted of four tests containing two of the four
processes. The participants performed a category verification test (conceptualidentification
cross), category generation test (conceptual-production cross), a flashing
words test (perceptual-identification cross), and a stem completion test (perceptualproduction
cross). No statistically significant difference in priming was found between
ADHD and non-ADHD. However, looking at the sample as a whole (ADHD and non-
ADHD combine), there was significant priming in the category generation test, flashing
words test, and the stem completion test but not in the category verification test.
Citation
Tatman, Christopher G (2010). Dimensional Implicit Memory Priming Deficits in Young ADHD Adults. Honors and Undergraduate Research. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2010 -05 -8149.