Correlation Between Intelligence Test Scores and Executive Function Measures

Ardila, Alfredo; Piñeda, David; Rosselli, Mónica

doi:10.1093/arclin/15.1.31

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“…IQ measures accounted for only 0% to 18% of the variance on various measures of EF administered in that study. Similar conclusions about the inadequacies of IQ tests for assessing EF were reported by Ardila, Pineda and Rosselli in their study of 50 students' ages 13 to 16 years [15].…”

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Executive function impairments in high IQ children and adolescents with ADHD

Brown¹,

Reichel²,

Quinlan³

2011

OJPsych

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Objective: To demonstrate that high IQ children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD tend to suffer from executive function (EF) impairments that: a) can be identified with a combination of standardized measures and normed self-report data; and b) occur more frequently in this group than in the general population. Method: From charts of 117 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years with high IQ ( ≥ 120) who fully met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for ADHD, data on 8 normed measures of executive function (EF) were extracted: IQ index scores for working memory and processing speed, a standardized measure of auditory verbal memory, and 5 clusters of the Brown ADD Scale, a normed, age-graded rating scale for ADHD-related executive function impairments in daily life. Significant impairment was computed for each individual relative to age-appropriate norms for each measure and comparisons were made to base-line rates in the general population. Results: Sixty-two percent of participants were significantly impaired on at least 5 of these 8 markers of EF. Chi-square comparisons of scores from these high IQ participants were significantly different (p < 0.001) from standardization norms for each of the eight EF measures. Conclusions: High IQ children and adolescents with ADHD, despite their cognitive strengths, tend to suffer from significant impairments of executive functions that can be assessed with these measures; incidence of these impairments is significantly greater than in the general population. These results are fully consistent with data on high IQ adults diagnosed with ADHD.

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Executive function impairments in high IQ children and adolescents with ADHD

Brown¹,

Reichel²,

Quinlan³

2011

OJPsych

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“…Some authors suggest that EF and IQ show a large overlap (Duncan, Johnson, Swales, & Freer, 1997), while others argue that the concept of EF is largely unrelated to IQ (Nigg et al, 1999;Pennington & Ozonoff, 1996;Séguin et al, 1999;Welsh et al, 1991). However, correlations between measures of IQ and EF are rather low (Ardila, Pineda, & Rosselli, 2000), which implies that IQ is not the same as EF, but that there is some overlap between IQ and EF (Crinella & Yu, 2000). We argue that, if EF deficits in AD/HD were core deficits, these would remain even when IQ was controlled.…”

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Which Executive Functioning Deficits Are Associated With AD/HD, ODD/CD and Comorbid AD/HD+ODD/CD?

Oosterlaan

Scheres

Sergeant

2005

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…Mean scores for groups of research patients with KS lie below normative averages on tests of general intelligence (Fales et al., 2003; van Rijn, Swaab, Aleman, & Kahn, 2008), and lower intelligence has been associated with poorer working memory and executive function in many studies in the general population (Ackerman, Beier, & Boyle, 2005; Ardila, Pineda, & Rosselli, 2000; Fales et al., 2003; Polderman et al., 2009; Salthouse & Pink, 2008), although these findings are not universal (Friedman et al., 2006). …”

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The role of genes, intelligence, personality, and social engagement in cognitive performance in Klinefelter syndrome

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IntroductionThe determinants of cognitive deficits among individuals with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) are not well understood. This study was conducted to assess the impact of general intelligence, personality, and social engagement on cognitive performance among patients with KS and a group of controls matched for age and years of education.MethodsSixty‐nine patients with KS and 69 controls were assessed in terms of IQ, NEO personality inventory, the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) scale, and measures of cognitive performance reflecting working memory and executive function.ResultsPatients with KS performed more poorly on memory and executive‐function tasks. Patients with KS also exhibited greater neuroticism and less extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness than controls. Memory deficits among patients with KS were associated with lower intelligence, while diminished executive functioning was mediated by both lower intelligence and less social engagement.ConclusionOur results suggest that among patients with KS, memory deficits are principally a function of lower general intelligence, while executive‐function deficits are associated with both lower intelligence and poorer social skills. This suggests a potential influence of social engagement on executive cognitive functioning (and/or vice‐versa) among individuals with KS, and perhaps those with other genetic disorders. Future longitudinal research would be important to further clarify this and other issues discussed in this research.

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Correlation Between Intelligence Test Scores and Executive Function Measures

Cited by 270 publications

References 21 publications

Executive function impairments in high IQ children and adolescents with ADHD

Executive function impairments in high IQ children and adolescents with ADHD

Which Executive Functioning Deficits Are Associated With AD/HD, ODD/CD and Comorbid AD/HD+ODD/CD?

The role of genes, intelligence, personality, and social engagement in cognitive performance in Klinefelter syndrome

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