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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Top Lang Disord. 2012 Jul-Sep;32(3):207–227. doi: 10.1097/TLD.0b013e318261ffdd

Table 4.

Average effect sizes for components of working memory in two meta-analyses of ADHD

Effect size (Cohen’s d) and CI
Meta-analysis WM Memory System Verbal Nonverbal
Martinssen et al. (2005) Storage 0.47 (0.36–0.59) 0.85 (0.62–1.08)
Central Executive 0.43 (0.24–0.62) 1.14 (0.82–1.46)
Willcutt et al. (2005) Working Memory 0.55 (0.44–0.65). .63 (0.47–0.79)