The motivation manipulation improved attention performance in children with ADHD but did not change TD children's performance¶
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q3 i3 The motivation factor significantly differentiated attention indicators in children with ADHD, while TD children's indicators were similar across conditions. → Sebastian Skalski 2021
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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 of the motivation factor in the quasi-experiment; for children with ADHD all indicators except commission errors improved significantly (also RT slope r = 0.38, single-tasking r = 0.51, multi-tasking r = 0.49), whereas for TD children all indicators were similar across conditions.
"The motivation factor significantly differentiated the indicators of selected attention aspects in children with ADHD: omission errors (t = 4.12, p < 0.001, r = 0.48), RT in visual search of 5–20 elements (t = 3.95, p < 0.001, r = 0.46)"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Increasing extrinsic motivation via reward and competition interacts with group membership in reducing attention-task differences between children with ADHD and TD children
- Increased motivation eliminated ADHD–TD differences on most attention measures but differences persisted in complex multitasking and commission errors
- Under normal conditions children with ADHD show deficits in vigilance, visual search and divided attention relative to TD children — related
- Cognitive deficits in children with ADHD are not permanent neuropsychological impairments and cognitive capacity can be modulated by motivation — a broader claim this one bears on
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The motivation manipulation improved attention performance in children with ADHD but did not change TD children's performance |
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The motivation manipulation improved attention performance in children with ADHD but did not change TD children's performance |
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