The aim of this research was to assess implicit processing of social and non-social distracting cues in children with ADHD. Young people with ADHD and matched controls were asked to classify target words (LEFT/RIGHT) which were accompanied by a distracter eye-gaze or arrow. Typically developing participants showed evidence of interference effects from both eye-gaze and arrow distracters. In contrast, the ADHD group showed evidence of interference effects from arrow but failed to show interference from eye-gaze. This absence of interference effects from eye-gaze observed in the participants with ADHD may reflect an attentional impairment in attending to socially relevant information.

Marotta, A., Pasini, A., Menotti, E., Pasquini, A., Pitzianti, M., Casagrande, M. (2017). Controlling attention to gaze and arrows in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, 251, 148-154 [10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.094].

Controlling attention to gaze and arrows in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

PASINI, AUGUSTO;
2017-01-01

Abstract

The aim of this research was to assess implicit processing of social and non-social distracting cues in children with ADHD. Young people with ADHD and matched controls were asked to classify target words (LEFT/RIGHT) which were accompanied by a distracter eye-gaze or arrow. Typically developing participants showed evidence of interference effects from both eye-gaze and arrow distracters. In contrast, the ADHD group showed evidence of interference effects from arrow but failed to show interference from eye-gaze. This absence of interference effects from eye-gaze observed in the participants with ADHD may reflect an attentional impairment in attending to socially relevant information.
2017
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore MED/39 - NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE
English
ADHD; Arrow; Cognitive control; Eye-gaze; Social attention; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Biological Psychiatry
ADHD; Arrow; Cognitive control; Eye-gaze; Social attention
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Marotta, A., Pasini, A., Menotti, E., Pasquini, A., Pitzianti, M., Casagrande, M. (2017). Controlling attention to gaze and arrows in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, 251, 148-154 [10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.094].
Marotta, A; Pasini, A; Menotti, E; Pasquini, A; Pitzianti, M; Casagrande, M
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