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Inhibition and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults

Ossmann, Janet M., Mulligan, Neil W.·2003·The American Journal of Psychology

Abstract

The inhibitory account of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was tested by examining the performance of college-aged adults on a variety of inhibitory tasks. The poorer performance of adults with ADHD compared with controls on negative priming, stopping, and continuous performance tasks, combined with similar group performances on a test of working memory capacity, indicates a specific inhibitory deficit as opposed to a general limitation in attentional capacity. Overall results provide evidence for extending the inhibitory deficit hypothesis to adult ADHD, not only for mechanisms of response (or motor) inhibition but also for mechanisms of cognitive inhibition.

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  • Individuals with ADHD experience neuropsychological difficulties associated with deficient inhibition, memory, executive functioning, decision making, and emotional dysregulation.

    “Individuals with ADHD also experience neuropsychological difficulties associated with deficient inhibition [22], memory [22], executive functioning [23,24], decision making [25], and emotional dysregulation [26].”

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Authors
Ossmann, J. M., & Mulligan, N. W.
Affiliations
Southern Methodist University (US)
Venue
The American Journal of Psychology
Published
2003
Volume
116
Issue
1
Pages
35
ISSN
0002-9556 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2334328750
Cited by
75
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The American Journal of Psychology (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
adult ADHD, cognitive inhibition, response inhibition, negative priming, continuous performance test, working memory capacity, attentional capacity, inhibitory control
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Cognition, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Models, Psychological, Psychomotor Performance, Texas

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