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Validity of the Executive Function Theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review

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On inhibition/disinhibition in developmental psychopathology: views from cognitive and personality psychology and a working inhibition taxonomy.

  • J. Nigg
  • Psychology, Biology
    Psychological bulletin
  • 2000
TLDR
The author organizes key concepts and models pertaining to different kinds of inhibitory control from the cognitive and temperament/personality literatures to clarify which inhibition distinctions are correct and which inhibition deficits go with which disorders.
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Temperament and developmental psychopathology.

  • J. Nigg
  • Psychology
    Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and…
  • 1 March 2006
This review discusses conceptual issues in relating temperament to psychopathology, including the disputed relation of temperament to personality in children. A potential integrative framework is…
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The Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange: Towards Large-Scale Evaluation of the Intrinsic Brain Architecture in Autism

TLDR
W Whole-brain analyses reconciled seemingly disparate themes of both hypo- and hyperconnectivity in the ASD literature; both were detected, although hypoconnectivity dominated, particularly for corticocortical and interhemispheric functional connectivity.
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Is ADHD a disinhibitory disorder?

  • J. Nigg
  • Psychology, Biology
    Psychological bulletin
  • 2001
TLDR
It is argued that ADHD is unlikely to be due to a motivational inhibitory control deficit, although suggestions are made for additional studies that could overturn that conclusion.
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Validity of DSM-IV attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom dimensions and subtypes.

TLDR
The DSM-IV ADHD subtypes provide a convenient clinical shorthand to describe the functional and behavioral correlates of current levels of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms, but do not identify discrete subgroups with sufficient long-term stability to justify the classification of distinct forms of the disorder.
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Annual Research Review: On the relations among self‐regulation, self‐control, executive functioning, effortful control, cognitive control, impulsivity, risk‐taking, and inhibition for developmental…

  • J. Nigg
  • Psychology
    Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and…
  • 1 April 2017
TLDR
The framework outlined here will facilitate integration and cross-talk among investigators working from different perspectives, and facilitate individual differences research on how SR relates to developmental psychopathology.
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Emotion dysregulation in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

TLDR
Three models are considered to explain the overlap between emotion dys regulation and ADHD: emotion dysregulation and ADHD are correlated but distinct dimensions; the combination constitutes a nosological entity distinct from both ADHD and emotion Dysregulation alone.
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What causes ADHD? : understanding what goes wrong and why

Part I: Conceptual Context. ADHD's Controversies. Defining "Disorder." Part II: How Does ADHD Work? Neural Systems. Attention and Arousal. Executive Functioning or Cognitive Control. Motivation.…
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Neuropsychologic Theory and Findings in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The State of the Field and Salient Challenges for the Coming Decade

  • J. Nigg
  • Psychology
    Biological Psychiatry
  • 1 June 2005
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