Under normal conditions children with ADHD show deficits in vigilance, visual search and divided attention relative to TD children¶

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q3 i3 Group membership differentiated all controlled attention indicators under normal conditions, with medium-to-large effects. → Sebastian Skalski 2021

Evidence¶

Sebastian Skalski 2021¶

Sebastian Skalski, Grzegorz Pochwatko, Robert Balas. (2021). Impact of Motivation on Selected Aspects of Attention in Children with ADHD. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01042-0

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Simple main effects from the mixed-design MANOVA comparing 30 ADHD and 30 TD children under normal conditions; the article also reports visual search RT r = 0.56, RT slope r = 0.44, single-tasking r = 0.41 and multi-tasking r = 0.50.

"The group membership factor differentiated all of the controlled attention indicators under normal conditions: omission errors ( t = 3.81, p < 0.001, r = 0.45), commission errors (t = 2.66, p = 0.010, r = 0.33)"

Discussion¶

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