Measuring Inhibitory Control in Children
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The Stop Signal Task is a measure of inhibitory control in which subjects must press a button in response to a stimulus. On certain trials, the subject receives a second stimulus (the Stop Signal) after the primary stimulus and must withhold his/her response during those trials. The onset of the Stop Signal is varied, sometimes coming immediately after the primary stimulus (inhibition is easy); at other times, the Stop Signal arrives quite late, making inhibition difficult. Results from the Stop Signal Task were obtained from children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and from controls; children with ADHD had significantly more difficulty inhibiting their responses than did controls. In a second study, results from the Stop Signal Task were obtained from a large sample of both behaviorally disturbed and community children; variables from the Stop Signal Task correlated well with both laboratory observations and teacher ratings of inattention and hyperactivity.
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The inhibition task seemed to be much easier for control children without ADHD compared to children with ADHD.
“Indeed, the inhibition task seemed to be much easier for control children without ADHD as compared to children with ADHD (Pliszka et al., 1997), as the former showed an inhibition performance of close to 90% even without the formation of implementation intentions (the respective performance level of children with ADHD was a mere 78%).”
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- Authors
- PLISZKA, S. R., BORCHERDING, S. H., SPRATLEY, K., LEON, S., & IRICK, S.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- ORCID
- PLISZKA, STEVEN R.
- Venue
- Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
- Published
- 1997-08
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 254???259
- ISSN
- 0196-206X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2036832001
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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
- inhibitory control, stop-signal task, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, children, response inhibition, inattention, hyperactivity, behavioral problems, teacher ratings
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychometrics, Reaction Time, Social Behavior Disorders, Volition, Reproducibility of Results, Case-Control Studies
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