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SUBMITTER: Jeter CB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4803434 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jeter Cameron B CB Patel Saumil S SS Morris Jeffrey S JS Chuang Alice Z AZ Butler Ian J IJ Sereno Anne B AB
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines 20140716 2
<h4>Background</h4>Reports conflict as to whether Tourette syndrome (TS) confers deficits in executive function. This study's aim was to evaluate executive function in youths with TS using oculomotor tasks while controlling for confounds of tic severity, age, medication, and severity of comorbid disorders.<h4>Method</h4>Four saccade tasks requiring the executive functions of response generation, response inhibition, and working memory (prosaccade, antisaccade, 0-back, and 1-back) were administer ...[more]