Performance on a neurocognitive measure of alerting differentiates ADHD combined and inattentive subtypes: A preliminary report | Zendy

Jane Booth | Zendy; Caryn L. Carlson | Zendy; Don M. Tucker | Zendy

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Performance on a neurocognitive measure of alerting differentiates ADHD combined and inattentive subtypes: A preliminary report

Author(s) -

Jane Booth,

Caryn L. Carlson,

Don M. Tucker

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

archives of clinical neuropsychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909

H-Index - 98

eISSN - 1873-5843

pISSN - 0887-6177

DOI - 10.1016/j.acn.2007.01.017

Subject(s) - neurocognitive , measure (data warehouse) , psychology , neuropsychology , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , cognition , computer science , data mining

The performance of 16 attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)/C, 26 ADHD/IA, and 24 control children was compared using a computer reaction time task designed to measure the effects of Posner's orienting, conflict and alerting attentional systems. No group differences in orienting or conflict were found. In contrast, children with ADHD/IA showed stronger alerting effects than those with ADHD/C, as indicated by relatively greater performance benefits following a warning cue. Although neither ADHD group differed significantly from controls on alerting, effect size comparisons indicated that children with ADHD/IA showed a somewhat larger (d=.57) and children with ADHD/C a somewhat smaller (d=.44) alerting effect relative to control children. The results are among the first to document unique patterns of attentional capacity for ADHD subtypes.

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