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Event-related potentials in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: an investigation using an auditory oddball task

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Senderecka, Magdalena, Grabowska, Anna, Gerc, Krzysztof, Szewczyk, Jakub, Chmylak, Roman·2012·International Journal of Psychophysiology

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The aim of the study was to investigate differences in electrophysiological brain activity between children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder combined type (ADHD-Com) and normally developing children, using the auditory 2-tone oddball paradigm. Forty right-handed subjects aged between 6.9 and 12.3 years participated in the present study, with 16 boys and 4 girls in each of the control and ADHD-Com groups. Children were individually age- and gender-matched. The auditory oddball task consisted of 155 standards (1 KHz, p=.66) and 80 targets (1.5 KHz, p=.34), presented randomly one at a time. Subjects were instructed to listen to the sounds and count the rare tones. Task performance in ADHD children did not differ compared to that in the control group. Event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited to target and standard stimuli were analyzed for between-group differences. The ADHD group showed enhanced P2 and reduced N2 component to both oddball stimuli, followed by reduced P3 component to attended targets compared with controls. The difference in the P3 amplitude between targets and standards was smaller in the ADHD group, particularly over the right hemisphere. These results suggest deficiencies in both automatic and controlled processing in children with ADHD. Enhanced amplitude of the P2 in ADHD children may reflect an early orienting deficit which affects later processing stages in the oddball task. Reduced amplitude of the N2 in the clinical group may be associated with stimulus discrimination impairment and inappropriate conflict monitoring. Reduced amplitude of target P3 and its asymmetrical distribution in ADHD children may reflect a deficit in higher-level executive functions, such as attention allocation and stimulus evaluation, accompanied by an impairment of global aspects of attentional processing that are under right hemisphere control.

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  • Diminished neural responses in children with ADHD are consistent with previous literature reporting impairment in attentional predictive error and increased switching costs to unexpected events.

    “Diminished neural responses in children with ADHD are consistent with previous literature reporting impairment in attentional predictive error (Barry et al., 2003; Senderecka et al., 2012) and increased switching costs to unexpected events (Gumenyuk et al., 2005).”

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Authors
Senderecka, M., Grabowska, A., Gerc, K., Szewczyk, J., & Chmylak, R.
Affiliations
  • Jagiellonian University (PL)
  • Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego (PL)
  • City of Prague (CZ)
Corresponding author
Senderecka, Magdalena
Venue
International Journal of Psychophysiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-07
Volume
85
Issue
1
Pages
106-115
ISSN
0167-8760 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2076840247
Cited by
48
References
98
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1.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • International Journal of Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Homo Politicus (Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, event-related potentials, auditory oddball paradigm, P2 component, N2 component, P300, right hemisphere, executive function, attention allocation, stimulus discrimination, conflict monitoring, children
MeSH terms
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Auditory Perception, Brain, Child, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Neuropsychological Tests

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