Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD.

Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD

ADHD is associated with a deficit in flexible deployment of attention to varying sources of stimulus information.

Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD

The current study investigated the ability of adult ADHD patients to shift attentional set in the context of switching tasks.

Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD.

Background: Task switch protocols are frequently used in the assessment of cognitive control, both in clinical and non-clinical populations.

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Results ADHD patients were slower than controls in task switch trials with a simultaneous shift of attention between global/local attentional sets. This also ...

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It is suggested that several deficits in executive functions related to ADHD persist into adulthood, such as impairments in planning time and set shifting, ...

Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD ...

These protocols frequently confound task switch and attentional set shift. The current study investigated the ability of adult ADHD patients to shift ...

Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD

Results: ADHD patients were slower than controls in task switch trials with a simultaneous shift of attention between global/local attentional sets. This also ...

The Deficit of Early Selective Attention in Adults With Sluggish ...

However, individuals with ADHD will show a marked inefficiency of selective attention in late information processing compared to controls, while ...

Sustained attention in adult ADHD: time-on-task effects of various ...

Compared to healthy individuals, patients with ADHD showed significant deficits of medium size in selective attention and divided attention. Furthermore, medium ...

Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD

Rauch WA, Gold A, Schmitt K. To what extent are task-switching deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder independent of impaired ...

reinforcement attentional set-shifting tasks in attention-deficit ...

Behavioral flexibility (or set-shifting), which is regulated by the prefrontal cortex (PFC), is often impaired in patients with ...

Set-shifting in adults with ADHD | Request PDF - ResearchGate

Difficulties related to inhibition and set-shifting have been suggested as possible endophenotypes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

When attention is intact in adults with ADHD - SpringerLink

This study shows that covert orienting and reorienting of selective attention—as assessed by our basic task and stimuli—is spared in adults with ...

Set-Shifting in Adults with ADHD | Journal of the International ...

Difficulties related to inhibition and set-shifting have been suggested as possible endophenotypes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

[PDF] Task Switching and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

The main goal of the present set of studies was to examine the efficiency of executive control processes and, more specifically, the control processes ...

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders | JAMA Psychiatry

ContextA lack of inhibitory control has been suggested to be the core deficit in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), especially in adults.

Mechanisms of cognitive disinhibition explain individual differences ...

... Shifting task than adult ADHD participants that were taking ADHD medications. ... Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD. Behav ...

Selective impairment of attentional set shifting in adults with ADHD ...

ADHD group (n = 38). Control group (n = 39). Group difference. CAARS. Inattention/memory problems (t-value). 70,63 (16,26). 44.21 (8.09). < 0.001.

Executive functions and adhd in adults: Evidence for selective ...

Dual-process models of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) suggest that both executive functioning and regulatory functions (e.g., ...

Training Attention-Switching Ability in Adults With ADHD

Finally, training effects transferred to new tasks of attention-switching. Conclusion: Adults with ADHD show attention-switching impairments, but deficits may ...