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Selective Attention and Inhibitory Deficits in ADHD: Does Subtype or Comorbidity Modulate Negative Priming Effects?
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Brain and Cognition . Aug 2008 67(3):324-339. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Selective attention has durable consequences for behavior and neural activation. Negative priming (NP) effects are assumed to reflect a critical inhibitory component of selective attention. The performance of adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was assessed across two conceptually based NP tasks within a selective attention procedure. Comorbidity (non-comorbid ADHD vs. comorbid ADHD) and subtype (ADHD combined vs. ADHD inattentive) were considered key issues. Results found NP effects to differ as a function of comorbidity but not subtype. Findings are discussed in light of functional neuroimaging evidence for neuronal enhancement for unattended stimuli relative to attended stimuli that strongly complements an inhibitory-based explanation for NP. Implications for the "AD" in ADHD and contemporary process models of the disorder are considered. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0278-2626
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Brain and Cognition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ799954
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.002