| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4933566 | Psychiatry Research | 2017 | 37 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Andrea Marotta, Augusto Pasini, Erica Menotti, Alessia Pasquini, Maria Bernarda Pitzianti, Maria Casagrande,