Sustained and selective attention in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Abstract
Attempted to claim the nature of the sustained and selective attention deficits implicated in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Specifically, performance on the Continuous Performance Test (CPT; Sergeant & van der Meere, 1990) and speeded classification task was assessed for a group of7- to 12-year-old ADHD boys and their same-aged normal peers. Results of the CPT indicated that both perceptual sensitivity and omission errors increased over time for the ADHD boys to a greater degree than for the control boys, findings indicative of a sustained (attention deficit. Results of the speeded classification task indicated that ADHD children's performance was not as efficient as normal children. However, there was no evidence for a selective attention deficit. Findings are discussed in terns of a process-energy model of attention.
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Studies comparing selective attention in children with ADHD to non-ADHD subjects have produced conflicting results.
“Numerous studies have compared selective attention in children diagnosed with ADHD to non-ADHD subjects (e.g [91]). Interestingly, these studies have produced conflicting results, either yielding no clear impairments (e.g. [92,93] ), or rather robust ones (e.g. [94–101] .”
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- Authors
- Hooks, K., Milich, R., & Pugzles Lorch, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1994-03
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 69-77
- ISSN
- 0047-228X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2051707550
- Cited by
- 101
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
- UKnowledge (University of Kentucky) (submittedVersion)
- 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, sustained attention, selective attention, continuous performance test, perceptual sensitivity, omission errors, children, boys
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