Associative learning processes in ADHD. KU Leuven
ADHD is highly prevalent and very impairing. Theoretically, ADHD is attributed to a rewardprocessing deficit, impaired cognitive functioning (e.g., working memory), or both. Little research has assessed if ADHD symptoms might also be caused or mediated by a deficit in associative learning processes, although both reward processing and working memory are important for learning and ADHD has been linked to dopamine malfunctioning in the brain ...