Reduced electrodermal response to errors predicts poor sustained attention performance in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

O’Connell, Redmond G; Bellgrove, Mark A.; Dockree, Paul M.; Robertson, Ian H.

doi:10.1097/00001756-200411150-00021

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“…SC responses have been associated with affective processing of stimuli, such as discriminating between good and bad outcomes (Damasio 1996). O'Connell et al (2004) reported smaller SC responses to errors in children with ADHD than in controls. Since children with ADHD demonstrated intact post-error response slowing (an indicator of error detection) in that study, reduced SC responses were interpreted as evidence for a decreased awareness of the significance of errors.…”

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Modulation of Response Timing in ADHD, Effects of Reinforcement Valence and Magnitude

Luman

Oosterlaan

Sergeant

2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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The present study investigated the impact of reinforcement valence and magnitude on response timing in children with ADHD. Children were required to estimate a 1-s interval, and both the median response time (response tendency) and the intrasubject-variability (response stability) were investigated. In addition, heart rate and skin conductance were measured to examine the autonomic responses to reinforcement. Feedback-only trials were compared to low response cost trials (response cost for incorrect responses), low reward trials (reward for correct responses), high response cost and high reward trials. In feedback-only trials, children with ADHD underestimated more severely the interval and responded more variably than controls. Children with ADHD, unlike controls, were unaffected by the reinforcement conditions in terms of time underestimations. The variability of responding, on the other hand, decreased under conditions of reinforcement to a larger extent in children with ADHD than controls. There were no indications that children with ADHD were abnormally affected by the valence or magnitude of reinforcement. Furthermore, skin conductance responses increased when feedback was coupled with reinforcement, an effect which was larger in children with ADHD than controls. This could be interpreted as demonstrating that children with ADHD suffer from a diminished awareness of the significance of feedback in the feedback-only condition. The current study suggests that children with ADHD suffer from motivation problems when reinforcement was not available, at least when variability in responding was measured. Underestimations of time may reflect more stable deficits in ADHD.

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Modulation of Response Timing in ADHD, Effects of Reinforcement Valence and Magnitude

Luman

Oosterlaan

Sergeant

2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…Sympathetic activity is linked to both emotional and cognitive states, and electrodermal activity is widely used as a sensitive index of bodily arousal related to emotion and attention [30] . The GSR [28] has been shown to be sensitive to changes in sustained attention [31] , with reduced electrodermal response to errors predicting poor sustained attention performance.…”

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“…The Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) [33] was included as a measure of sustained attention, as the simplicity of this task tends to encourage a routine response set, placing heavy demands on the individual's ability to endogenously maintain the overall goal of withholding to the no-go target [31] . The sensitivity of the SART for indexing self-reports of everyday attentional failures has been documented [33] , as has its activation of the right-hemisphere alertness network [34] .…”

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Investigating the Enhancing Effect of Music on Autobiographical Memory in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease

Irish

Cunningham

Walsh

et al. 2006

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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The enhancing effect of music on autobiographical memory recall in mild Alzheimer’s disease individuals (n = 10; Mini-Mental State Examination score >17/30) and healthy elderly matched individuals (n = 10; Mini-Mental State Examination score 25–30) was investigated. Using a repeated-measures design, each participant was seen on two occasions: once in music condition (Vivaldi’s ‘Spring’ movement from ‘The Four Seasons’) and once in silence condition, with order counterbalanced. Considerable improvement was found for Alzheimer individuals’ recall on the Autobiographical Memory Interview in the music condition, with an interaction for condition by group (p < 0.005). There were no differences in terms of overall arousal using galvanic skin response recordings or attentional errors during the Sustained Attention to Response Task. A significant reduction in state anxiety was found on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory in the music condition (p < 0.001), suggesting anxiety reduction as a potential mechanism underlying the enhancing effect of music on autobiographical memory recall.

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“…The present study attempts to better understand the difficulty Rett children have with this aspect of attention and identify factors influencing it. Sustained attention, which is thought to involve top-down connectivity extending from the anterior attention system, particularly prefrontal and parietal regions in the right hemisphere, right down into V1 (Grahn & Manly, 2012;Sarter, Givens, & Bruno, 2001;Silver, Ress, & Heeger, 2007), has repeatedly been found to be compromised across a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders, e.g., ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder and Fragile X (Cornish, Scerif, & Karmiloff-Smith, 2007;Cornish, Turk, & Levitas, 2007;Fortenbaugh et al, 2015;O'Connell, Bellgrove, Dockree, & Robertson, 2004) While sustained attention is often tested in adults with the continuous performance test, the verbal instructions and motoric requirements preclude using this task in children with RTT.…”

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Sustained attention in the face of distractors: A study of children with Rett syndrome.

Rose¹,

Wass²,

Jankowski³

et al. 2017

Neuropsychology

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Objective: The object of the present study is to advance our understanding of the cognitive profile of Rett syndrome (RTT), an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene. We focus on sustained attention, which plays a critical role in driving cognitive growth, and use an innovative, gaze-based task that minimizes demands on the limited verbal and motor abilities associated with RTT. Method: The task required the ability to sustain attention on a visual target (a butterfly) while inhibiting a prepotent response to look to moving distractors (trees and clouds) presented in the peripheral visual field. The sample included children with RTT (N = 32) and their typically developing (TD) counterparts (N = 32), aged 2–12 years. Results: Our findings revealed that children with RTT had more difficulty sustaining attention (with the TD group averaging 60% looking at the butterfly vs. only 25% for the RTT group). Furthermore, RTT was associated with difficulties in 3 fundamental factors influencing sustained attention: engagement, distractibility, and reengagement. The RTT group was slower to engage, more distractible, and slower to reengage. Conclusion: Our findings identify a fundamental disruption to sustained attention in RTT, determine factors related to this impairment, and pinpoint cognitive areas that could serve as markers for evaluating the effectiveness of pharmacological and behavioral interventions.

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Reduced electrodermal response to errors predicts poor sustained attention performance in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Cited by 67 publications

References 21 publications

Modulation of Response Timing in ADHD, Effects of Reinforcement Valence and Magnitude

Modulation of Response Timing in ADHD, Effects of Reinforcement Valence and Magnitude

Investigating the Enhancing Effect of Music on Autobiographical Memory in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease

Sustained attention in the face of distractors: A study of children with Rett syndrome.

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