Deficits in Working Memory and Theory of Mind May Underlie Difficulties in Social Perception of Children with ADHD

Table 1

Correlation between biological motion direction discrimination and cognitive tasks.

	BM		WM		RMET		ER
	r		r		r		r
ADHD
BM			0.442	0.01	0.403	0.01	0.19	0.41
WM	0.442	0.01			0.595	0.01	0.195	0.143
RMET	0.403	0.01	0.595	0.01			0.232	0.21
ER	0.19	0.41	0.195	0.43	0.232	0.21
Control
BM			0.522	0.02	0.332	0.16	−0.26	0.27
WM	0.522	0.02			0.219	0.36	−0.21	0.36
RMET	0.332	0.16	0.219	0.36			0.036	0.88
ER	−0.262	0.27	−0.218	0.36	0.036	0.88

BM, biological motion; WM, working memory; RMET, Reading the Mind in the Eyes; EM, emotion regulation.