Specific cognitive deficits in children with hyperkinetic disorder

Abstract

In this review article, features of a specific cognitive deficit in children with hyperkinetic disorder are considered. The uneven development of higher mental functions observed in these cases, the hierarchical structure of the detected defects, neuropsychological features is determined, in the author’s opinion, to distinguish hyperkinetic disorder of childhood from atonic forms of mental retardation and other hyperdynamic syndromes in a wide range of child psychopathology, creating a model of a specificcognitive deficit.

Keywords

• hyperkinetic disorder
• specific cognitive deficits
• impulsivity
• attention deficit