Psicothema 2007. Vol. 19, no 4, pp. 572-577
Authors: M. Adelina Guisande, M. Fernanda Páramo, Carolina Tinajero and Leandro S. Almeida

Main point:

Experiment (n=149, boys and girls almost evenly, mean age 9.53 y). With the effect of intelligence controlled, FI  children showed better performance than FD children on the verbal working memory, complex attention and sustained attention/vigilance tasks.