Selective attention and inhibitory deficits in ADHD: Does subtype or comorbidity modulate negative priming effects?

被引:15
作者
Pritchard, Verena E. [1 ]
Neumann, Ewald [1 ]
Rucklidge, Julia J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Canterbury, Dept Psychol, Christchurch 1, New Zealand
关键词
ADHD; selective attention; negative priming; comorbidity; subtype; ADHD-C; ADFID-I; inhibition; disinhibition;
D O I
10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.002
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Selective attention has durable consequences for behavior and neural activation. Negative priming (NP) effects are assumed to reflect a critical inhibitory component of selective attention. The performance of adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was assessed across two conceptually based NP tasks within a selective attention procedure. Comorbidity (non-comorbid ADHD vs. comorbid ADHD) and subtype (ADHD combined vs. ADHD inattentive) were considered key issues. Results found NP effects to differ as a function of comorbidity but not subtype. Findings are discussed in light of functional neuroirnaging evidence for neuronal enhancement for unattended stimuli relative to attended stimuli that strongly complements an inhibitory-based explanation for NP. Implications for the 'AD' in ADHD and contemporary process models of the disorder are considered. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:324 / 339
页数:16
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