The reading difficulties in Chinese for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: the role of executive function deficits.

This study suggests that individuals with ADHD comorbid with Chinese reading disabilities (RD) exhibit more pronounced deficits in executive function, particularly in verbal and visual-spatial working memory, and response inhibition tasks, compared to individuals with ADHD alone. These cognitive deficits are significantly negatively correlated with Chinese reading abilities, emphasizing the importance of not only focusing on traditional ADHD symptoms but also prioritizing training to enhance executive functions, especially visual-spatial working memory and response inhibition, when diagnosing and treating patients with ADHD comorbid with RD, in order to improve their reading abilities.