A meta-analysis found no evidence that clinical status, including ADHD and substance use disorder samples, moderates the effect of reward on inhibitory control¶
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q4 i? No evidence of moderation by clinical sample versus healthy controls overall, nor separately for ADHD versus healthy controls or SUD versus healthy controls. → Burton 2021
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Burton 2021¶
Burton, S., Knibb, G., & Jones, A. (2021). A meta-analytic investigation of the role of reward on inhibitory control. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211008895
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Exploratory moderator analyses on clinical samples versus healthy controls, including separate ADHD and SUD analyses. All three tests found no evidence of moderation; the authors note the clinical samples were heterogeneous and that they "did not have enough data to reliably investigate any differences by clinical diagnosis", so this is an absence of evidence, not a demonstrated absence of moderation.
"There was no evidence of moderation, χ2(1) = 2.179, p = .140. When examining ADHD samples versus healthy controls, there was no evidence of moderation, χ2(1) = 0.210, p = .646. Similarly, when examining SUD samples versus healthy controls, there was no evidence of moderation, χ2(1) = 0.609, p = .435."
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A meta-analysis found no evidence that clinical status, including ADHD and substance use disorder samples, moderates the effect of reward on inhibitory control |
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A meta-analysis found no evidence that clinical status, including ADHD and substance use disorder samples, moderates the effect of reward on inhibitory control |
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