scholarly journals Comparing Auditory Noise Treatment with Stimulant Medication on Cognitive Task Performance in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Results from a Pilot Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Göran B. W. Söderlund ◽  
Christer Björk ◽  
Peik Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Stimulant Medication ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Task Performance ◽  
Auditory Noise

scholarly journals The Roles of Salience and Value in Inattention Among Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Investigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica D. Musser ◽  
Stephanie S. J. Morris ◽  
Kathleen Feeney ◽  
Rosario Pintos Lobo ◽  
Edward F. Ester
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Adhd Group ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

Although inattention is a key symptom subdomain of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the mechanisms underlying this subdomain and related symptoms remain unclear. There is a need for more granular approaches that allow for greater specificity in linking disruptions in specific domains of cognitive performance (e.g., executive function and reward processing) with behavioral manifestations of ADHD. Such approaches may inform the development of more targeted therapeutic interventions. Here, we describe the results of a pilot study of elementary-aged children (ages 6–12years) with ADHD (n=50) and typically developing children (n=48) utilizing a cognitive science task designed to target two dissociable mechanisms of attentional selection: a goal-driven mechanism (i.e., reward/value-driven) and a salience-driven mechanism. Participants were asked to optimally extract and combine information about stimulus salience and value to maximize rewards. While results of this pilot study are ambiguous due to the small sample size and limited number of task trials, data suggest that neither participants with ADHD nor typically developing participants performed optimally to maximize rewards, though typically developing participants were somewhat more successful at the task (i.e., more likely to report high-value targets) regardless of task condition. Further, the manuscript examines several follow-up questions regarding group differences in task response times and group differences in task performance as related to sustained attention across the duration of the task. Finally, the manuscript examines follow-up questions related to heterogeneity in the ADHD group (i.e., age, DSM 5 presentation, and comorbid diagnosis) in predicting task performance.

Planning deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A meta-analytic review of tower task performance.

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connor H. G. Patros ◽  
Stephanie J. Tarle ◽  
R. Matt Alderson ◽  
Sarah E. Lea ◽  
Elaine F. Arrington
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Analytic Review
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