Inhibitory Deficits, Delay Aversion and Preschool AD/HD:Implications for the Dual Pathway Model
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The dual pathway model proposes the existence of separate and neurobiologically distinct cognitive (inhibitory and more general executive dysfunction) and motivational (delay aversion) developmental routes to AD/HD. The study reported in this paper explores the relation between inhibitory deficits and delay aversion and their association with AD/HD in a group of three‐year‐old children. Children identified as having a pre‐school equivalent of AD/HD (N=19) and controls (N=19), matched for gender and IQ, completed a battery of inhibition and delay tasks. Correlational and factor analysis supported a dissociation between inhibitory deficits (go‐no‐go, set shifting) and delay aversion (choice delay) with delay of gratification cross‐loading. Children with AD/HD displayed more inhibitory deficits and were more delay averse than controls. The data support the value of the distinction between motivational and cognitive pathways to AD/HD. Furthermore, the data suggest that such a distinction is apparent relatively early on during development.
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The delay aversion deficit in ADHD is independent of deficits in inhibitory control.
“and that this deficit is independent of deficits in inhibitory control.”
From Multiple deficits in ADHD: executive dysfunction, delay aversion, reaction time variability, and emotional deficits (2013) · cites this paper as Dalen, Sonuga-Barke, Hall, & Remington, 2004
ADHD is significantly related to delay aversion.
“Several studies (e.g., Dalen, Sonuga-Barke, Hall, & Remington, 2004; Solanto et al., 2001; Sonuga-Barke, Dalen, & Remington, 2003) have found that ADHD is significantly related to delay aversion”
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- Authors
- Dalen, L., Sonuga-Barke, E. J. S., Hall, M., & Remington, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Dalen, Lindy
- Venue
- Neural Plasticity
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 1-11
- ISSN
- 1687-5443 (ISSN-L)
- 2090-5904
- PMC
- PMC2565443
- OpenAlex
- W2058160427
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 37
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- FWCI
- 3.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Neural Plasticity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, preschool children, inhibitory deficits, delay aversion, dual-pathway model, executive dysfunction, delay of gratification, go/no-go task, set-shifting, cognitive pathways, early development
- MeSH terms
- Analysis of Variance, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Avoidance Learning, Child, Preschool, Choice Behavior, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Models, Psychological, Neuropsychological Tests, Multivariate Analysis
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