Vigilance and Sustained Attention in Children and Adults With ADHD

Tucha, Lara; Tucha, Oliver; Walitza, Susanne; Sontag, Thomas; Laufkötter, Rainer; Linder, M.; Lange, Klaus W.

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“…Furthermore, our results are Adult ADHD and ISE 18 consistent with those of Tucha et al (2009) who reported preserved sustained attention in adults with ADHD while performing a computerized vigilance task. The finding that adults with ADHD had a lower resistance to auditory interference -but an equivalent capacity to control participants to habituate to repeated and familiar irrelevant sounds -is important in the context of work environments.…”

Section: Sustained Attention and Adhdsupporting

confidence: 89%

Vulnerability to the Irrelevant Sound Effect in Adult ADHD

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Objective: An ecologically valid adaptation of the irrelevant sound effect paradigm was employed to examine the relative roles of short-term memory, selective attention and sustained attention in ADHD. Method: Thirty-two adults with ADHD and 32 control participants completed a serial recall task in silence or whilst ignoring irrelevant background sound. Results: The serial recall performance in adults with ADHD was reduced relative to controls in both conditions. The degree of interference due to irrelevant sound was greater for adults with ADHD. Furthermore, a positive correlation was observed between task performance under conditions of irrelevant sound, and the extent of attentional problems reported by patients on a clinical symptom scale. Conclusion:The results demonstrate that adults with ADHD exhibit impaired short term memory and a low resistance to distraction; however, their capacity for sustained attention is preserved as the impact of irrelevant sound diminished over the course of the task.Keywords: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, irrelevant sound effect, selective attention, sustained attention, short term memory Adult ADHD and ISE 2

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Section: Sustained Attention and Adhdsupporting

confidence: 89%

Vulnerability to the Irrelevant Sound Effect in Adult ADHD

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“…It may also be that children with ADHD require additional cognitive control to compensate for motor deficits (Suskauer, Simmonds, Caffo, et al 2008) and they failed to exert this control either due to deficient in cognitive control, a lack of awareness that additional control was required, or a lack of motivation to exert sufficient control to perform the task efficiently. In addition, a vigilance decrement likely occurred over the course of the task, perhaps to a greater extent for children with ADHD (Tucha et al 2009), and as the attentional system fatigued performance may have become more variable.…”

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confidence: 99%

Increased Intrasubject Variability in Boys with ADHD Across Tests of Motor and Cognitive Control

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Dirlikov

Mostofsky

2012

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Increased intrasubject variability (ISV), or short-term, within-person fluctuations in behavioral performance is consistently found in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is also associated with impairments in motor control, particularly in boys. The results of the few studies that have examined variability in self-generated motor output in children with ADHD have been inconsistent. The current study examined variability in motor control during a finger sequencing task among boys with and without ADHD as well as the relationship between intrasubject variability during motor and cognitive control tasks. Changes in performance over the course of the task and associations with ADHD symptom domains were also examined to elucidate the nature of impaired motor control in children with ADHD. Fifty-one boys (ages 8 to 12 years) participated in the study, including 28 boys with ADHD and 23 typically developing (TD) boys. Participants completed a finger sequencing task and a Go/No-Go task providing multiple measures of response speed and variability. Boys with ADHD were slower and more variable in both intertap interval on the finger sequencing task and reaction time on the Go/No-Go task, with measures of speed and variability correlated across the two tasks. For the entire cohort, the only unique predictor of parent ratings of hyperactive-impulsive symptoms was variability in intertap interval during finger sequencing, whereas inattentive symptoms were only predicted by reaction time variability on the Go/No-Go task. These findings suggest that inefficient motor control is implicated in the pathophysiology of ADHD, particularly in regards to developmentally inappropriate levels of hyperactivity and impulsivity.

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“…This is not surprising considering that the attention deficit is emphasized to laypersons by the name of the condition. Furthermore, both the concepts of attention per se and the attention deficit in ADHD are complex (Cohen 1993;Van Zomeren and Brouwer 1994;Tucha et al 2008;Tucha et al 2009). The difficulties of instructed malingerers in feigning the attention deficit of patients with ADHD are also reflected by the results of Quinn (2003) who found that instructed malingerers are not able to feign a deficit in an integrated visual and auditory continuous performance test.…”

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Detection of malingered attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Walitza

et al. 2009

ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord

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The aim of the present study was to determine whether malingering of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be detected using a self-report rating scale. A sample of 78 university students was allocated to three different conditions. The conditions were (a) a control group, (b) a naïve simulation group and (c) a coached simulation group. Furthermore, 12 adult students with a diagnosed ADHD participated in the present study. Participants were administered the Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scale for Adults. While the control group and the patient group were asked to complete the scale with accuracy, the simulation groups were requested to feign an ADHD. Statistical analysis revealed that both simulation groups were able to successfully feign an ADHD. The results indicate that self-report rating measures are not sensitive enough to allow the detection of feigned ADHD.

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Vigilance and Sustained Attention in Children and Adults With ADHD

Abstract: The present results do not support the hypothesis of a sustained attention deficit in children and adults with ADHD.

Cited by 92 publications

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Vulnerability to the Irrelevant Sound Effect in Adult ADHD

Vulnerability to the Irrelevant Sound Effect in Adult ADHD

Increased Intrasubject Variability in Boys with ADHD Across Tests of Motor and Cognitive Control

Detection of malingered attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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