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Elise M. van de Putte, MD, PhD; Koen B. Böcker, PhD; Jan Buitelaar, MD, PhD; J. Leon Kenemans, PhD; Raoul H. H. Engelbert, PhD; Wietse Kuis, MD, PhD; Jan L. L. Kimpen, MD, PhD; Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal, MD, PhD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(12):1196-1197.

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Cognitive problems are key symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Adults with CFS encounter difficulties completing complex information-processing tasks with considerable interference.¹ Performance on neuropsychological tasks have not been studied in adolescents with CFS. Considering our knowledge of adults with CFS, focusing on tasks with a high level of interference is most promising in differentiating adolescents with CFS from healthy adolescents.

Interference control is the ability to protect a response from interruption by competing responses or events. One interference control paradigm is the Eriksen Flanker Task (EFT), in which a competing response to irrelevant information has to be inhibited.² We investigated whether adolescents with CFS show less interference control . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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