Higher ADHD scores increase the variability of semantic search paths via more long-distance jumps, but not mean semantic distance¶
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q3 i? Mean semantic distance did not depend on ADHD traits, but the standard deviation of distances increased significantly with ADHD score. → Van den Driessche 2019
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Van den Driessche 2019¶
Van den Driessche, C., Chevrier, F., Cleeremans, A. & Sackur, J. (2019). Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns. Scientific Reports 9:10948. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46761-0
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Linear regressions on per-child mean and SD of word2vec semantic distances in the 87-child study; variability rose with ADHD ratings while the mean did not. Quantile regression was significant only at the 0.95 quantile (β = 0.012, p = 0.03), and median-split groups differed from quantile 0.87 to 0.99.
"we found that the mean distance did not depend on ADHD traits (p > 0.3). However, we found a significant and a positive effect on the standard deviation (β = 0.0006, SD = 0.0003, z = 2.38, p < 0.02) of the distances"
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Related Claims¶
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Higher ADHD scores increase the variability of semantic search paths via more long-distance jumps, but not mean semantic distance |
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Higher ADHD scores increase the variability of semantic search paths via more long-distance jumps, but not mean semantic distance |
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