Age-Related Changes in Distractibility: Developmental Trajectory of Sustained Attention in ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders
Ortal SlobodinItai Berger

Abstract

This study investigated age-related changes in sustained attention in children with ADHD and in their typically developed peers. The study used a Continuous Performance Test (CPT) that includes visual and auditory stimuli serving as distractors. The rate of omission errors was used as a measurement of difficulty in sustained attention. Participants were children and adolescents aged 7 to 18 years (478 with ADHD and 361 without ADHD). Both groups of adolescents (with and without ADHD) showed reduced distractibility than younger children from the same group. However, distractibility tended to diminish in non-ADHD adolescents, but not in adolescents with ADHD. Although part of the difficulties in ADHD could be explained by developmental delay that improves with time, other deficits, such as increased distractibility causing more omission errors, do not show a clear developmental trajectory. The results suggest that deficits in inhibitory control might be the core of ADHD.

References

May 1, 2001·The International Journal of Neuroscience·I LazzaroS Clarke
Jul 11, 2002·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Eman El-SayedPer-Anders Rydelius
Sep 7, 2002·Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews·Andrew S RowlandAnn J Abramowitz
Oct 9, 2002·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·F Xavier CastellanosJudith L Rapoport
Mar 1, 2003·Child Neuropsychology : a Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence·E Mark MahoneMartha B Denckla
Oct 9, 2003·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Ariane C KalffJelle Jolles
Sep 17, 2004·Child Development·Beatriz LunaJohn A Sweeney
Dec 24, 2004·Cerebral Cortex·Clayton E CurtisMark D'Esposito
Jan 25, 2005·Neuroscience Letters·V GumenyukK Alho
Jan 20, 2006·Psychological Medicine·Joseph BiedermanStephen V Faraone
Feb 17, 2006·Clinical Psychology Review·Amy L Krain, F Xavier Castellanos
Jun 1, 2007·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Pol A C van LierFrank C Verhulst
Nov 21, 2007·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·P ShawJ L Rapoport
Jan 10, 2008·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Michael J KoflerR Matt Alderson
Feb 1, 2008·Behavioral and Brain Functions : BBF·Nanda Nj RommelseJaap Oosterlaan
Aug 12, 2008·Human Factors·Christopher D Wickens
Dec 18, 2009·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke, Jeffrey M Halperin
May 12, 2010·Acta Paediatrica·P GustafssonM K Karlsson
Jul 17, 2010·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Christopher Gillberg
Mar 26, 2011·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Henrik LarssonEdward D Barker
Apr 9, 2011·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology·Aaron J VaughnTimothy Wigal
Mar 16, 2012·Biological Psychiatry·Philip ShawDeanna Greenstein
Dec 4, 2013·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Itai BergerHanoch Cassuto
Dec 10, 2013·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Hanoch CassutoItai Berger
Dec 18, 2013·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Susanna N VisserStephen J Blumberg
Dec 18, 2013·Development and Psychopathology·Michael Rutter
Aug 26, 2014·Developmental Psychology·Greg L WestSarah Lippé
Sep 16, 2014·Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America·Edmund Sonuga-BarkeSamuele Cortese

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Aug 1, 2019·Journal of Attention Disorders·Corinne BergerYuri Rassovsky
Sep 1, 2017·Scientific Reports·Mariasole CiampoliFrancesco Papaleo
Jan 11, 2020·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Ortal Slobodin, Michael Davidovitch
Oct 24, 2020·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Ortal SlobodinItai Berger
Jun 14, 2020·CNS & Neurological Disorders Drug Targets·Silvia S Hidalgo TobónBenito de Celis Alonso
May 19, 2021·World Psychiatry : Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)·Robert F KruegerUNKNOWN HiTOP Utility Workgroup
Jul 6, 2021·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Noemi FaeddaVincenzo Guidetti

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Software Mentioned

MOXO
SAS
CPT

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Attention Disorders

Attention is involved in all cognitive activities, and attention disorders are reported in patients with various neurological diseases. Here are the latest discoveries pertaining to attention disorders.