Study of executive functions in children with Tourette's syndrome / 临床神经病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the features of executive functions(EFs) of children with Tourette's syndrome(TS).Methods Several EFs such as working memory,attention and inhibition,flexibility,planning and diversion were measured in TS group(53 child patients) and control group(51 healthy children) with the Visual Figure Memory Tests,Fluency Tests,Stroop Tests(C and CW),Wisconsin Card Sorting Test(WCST).Results Compared to control group,the patients with TS had significant poor executive performances in Visual Figure Memory Tests,Fluency Tests,Stroop Tests and WCST(all P