About 3%-5% of School-Aged Children Are Diagnosed with Attention Deficit

question 51

Multiple Choice

About 3%-5% of school-aged children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . This neurobehavioral problem is anatomically linked, primarily, to which area of dysfunction in the brain?

• A) basal nuclei
• B) pituitary gland
• C) prefrontal cerebral cortex
• D) both basal nuclei and pituitary gland
• E) both basal nuclei and prefrontal cerebral cortex

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Definitions:

Encoding Failure

The inability to recall specific information because of inadequate or missing encoding of the information at the time of study.

Implicit Memory Loss

The deterioration of the unconscious ability to recall or recognize information, such as skills and habits.

Forgetting

The inability to retrieve information from memory over time, often due to decay or interference.

Nonsense Syllables

A set of strings of letters that do not follow the phonetic rules of any language and have no meaning, often used in memory and learning experiments.