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Rostami M, Faridi F, Khosrowabadi R. Brain Functional Correlates of Intelligence Score in ADHD Based on EEG. BCN 2022; 13 (6) :883-892
URL: http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1726-en.html
1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaie University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Institut for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
3- Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:  
Introduction: It has been shown that intelligence as a general mental ability is related to the structure and function of the brain regions. However, the specificity of these regional dependencies to the intelligence scores in the typical and atypical developed individuals needs to be well understood. In this study, we hypothesized that neural correlates of IQ should not have a fixed pattern rather they must follow a dynamic pattern to compensate for the functional deficits caused by a neurodevelopmental disorder. Therefore, electroencephalography (EEG) correlates of normal IQ in various subtypes of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) were compared with a group of healthy controls.
Methods: Sixty-three ADHD subjects comprising combined, inattentive, and hyperactive individuals diagnosed by a psychiatrist using structural clinical interview for DSM-V, and 46 healthy controls with similar normal IQ scores were recruited in this study. The subjects’ EEG data were then recorded during an eye-closed resting condition. The subjects’ intelligence level was measured by Raven’s standard progressive matrices. Then, the association between IQ and the power of the EEG signal was computed in the conventional frequency bands. Subsequently, topographical representations of these associations were compared between the groups.
Results: Our results demonstrated that the association between IQ score and EEG power is not the same in various ADHD subtypes and healthy controls. 
Conclusion: This finding suggests a compensatory mechanism in ADHD individuals for changing the regional oscillatory pattern to maintain the IQ within a normal range.
Type of Study: Original | Subject: Cognitive Neuroscience
Received: 2020/03/5 | Accepted: 2020/09/28 | Published: 2022/11/1

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