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1. Drugs for Children.

Author

Vinnedge, Harlan

Subjects
METHYLPHENIDATE, ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder, SCHOOL children, FEDERAL aid to medical research
Abstract

Details the "Omaha experiment," a research regarding the administration of Ritalin to school children with hyperkinesia or minimal brain dysfunction, and its role in the candidacy of Ernest W. Chambers for the Nebraska Legislature. Position paper written by Chambers titled "Speed for Slow Learner — Drug Tests on Omaha School Children"; Claims by Chambers that the term "minimal brain dysfunction" was coined to obscure the fact that ghetto children are placed on drugs because their behavior happens not to please some teachers or principals; Comments of Congressmen on the Omaha test; Series of questions about federal funding of research on hyperkinetic children; Link of the Omaha experiment to the suggestion by Arnold Hutschnecker that six- to eight-year-olds be tested for violent and homicidal tendencies and to the genetic theory that the XYZ karyotype is an indicator of aggressive antisocial behavior.

Published
1971

2. The Influences of Methylphenidate on Heart Rate and Behavioral Measures of Attention in Hyperactive Children.

Author

Porges, Stephen W., Walter, Gary F., Korb, Robert J., and Sprague, Robert L.

Subjects
METHYLPHENIDATE, STIMULANTS, HEART beat, ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder, CHILD development, CHILD psychology
Abstract

The Influences of Methylphenidate on Heart Rate and Behavioral Measures of Attention in Hyperactive Children. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1975, 46, 727-733. Reaction-time performance and heart-rate responses associated with attention were used to assess the hyperactive child's attentional deficit and his response to methylphenidate. Attentional deficits shown by long response latencies were reflected in heart-rate responses theoretically incompatible with sustained attention. Subjects exhibiting the greatest attentional deficit displayed the most favorable response to methylphenidate in both reaction-time performance and physiological measures. However, subjects who showed the greatest improvement in social behavior were those who showed the least improvement in reaction-time performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1975
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3. Unilateral dominance is not related to neuropsychological integrity.

Author

Crinella, Francis M., Beck, Frances W., Robinson, James W., Crinella, F M, Beck, F W, and Robinson, J W

Subjects
CHILD psychology, CHILD development, BRAIN physiology, DIAGNOSIS of brain damage, FOOT physiology, HAND physiology, PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation, ANIMAL behavior, ANIMALS, ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder, CEREBRAL dominance, BIOLOGICAL evolution, EYE physiology, LANGUAGE acquisition, MICE, PRIMATES, PSYCHOLOGICAL tests, RATS, SPEECH, TASK performance
Abstract

Investigates whether unilateral dominance is not related to neuropsychological integrity in children. Absence of strong linear predictive relationships between LA and SLP; Limited significance of LA and SLP for human behavior.

Published
1971
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