Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia

Al Dahhan, N. Z., Halverson, K., Peek, C. P., Wilmot, D., D'Mello, A., Romeo, R. R., Meegoda, O., Imhof, A., Wade, K., Sridhar, A., Falke, E., Centanni, T. M., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Christodoulou, J. A. (2022). Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia. Cortex, 153, 126–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.025 

Summary: Executive function challenges in dyslexia, independent of ADHD status, were associated with greater difficulties in reading fluency and greater reductions of activation in response to print in the typical left-hemisphere reading network.