Planning ability in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
| Autor: | Brian Toone, Robin G. Morris, Carolyn Tyson, Susan Young |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Emotions Poison control Neuropsychological Tests Audiology Suicide prevention Developmental psychology Sex Factors Task Performance and Analysis Tower of London test Injury prevention Reaction Time medicine Humans Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Problem Solving Analysis of Variance Human factors and ergonomics Cognition medicine.disease Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Case-Control Studies Female Analysis of variance Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Neuropsychology. 21:581-589 |
| ISSN: | 1931-1559 0894-4105 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/0894-4105.21.5.581 |
| Popis: | Planning ability was investigated in 26 patients diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adulthood and in 27 control participants, with groups matched for age, predicted IQ, and social class. They were tested using the 3-dimensional computerized Tower of London Test (Morris, Ahmed, Syed, & Toone, 1993; Morris, Rushe, Woodruffe, & Murray, 1995), which measures planning latencies as well as accuracy, with problems increasing in graded difficulty. For the control group, planning latencies increased systematically with task difficulty, with the participants slowing their initial responses to ensure accuracy. For those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, there was no increase in planning time and a corresponding diminution in accuracy on the most difficult problems. This pattern of impairment is interpreted as resulting from failure to inhibit responses when confronted with problem solving, leading to reduced planning activity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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