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Jenny Retzler; Madeleine J. Groom; Samantha Johnson; Lucy Cragg – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Objective: To compare the effect of motivational features on sustained attention in children born very preterm and at term. Method: EEG was recorded while 34 8-to-11-year-old children born very preterm and 34 term-born peers completed two variants of a cued continuous performance task (CPT-AX); a standard CPT-AX with basic shape stimuli, and…
Descriptors: Attention, Motivation, Children, Preadolescents
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Tasmia Hai; Rose Swansburg; Cynthia K. Kahl; Hannah Frank; Kayla Stone; Jean-François Lemay; Frank P. MacMaster – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2022
Objective: We investigated the right Superior Frontal Gyrus (right-SFG) and Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) in children with ADHD and their clinical relevance with Executive Function (EF) and ADHD symptom severity. Methods: About 26 children with ADHD and 24 typically developing children (TDC; 7--16 years) underwent Magnetic Resonance Imaging…
Descriptors: Children, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Brain, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Brown, Thomas E. – Educational Leadership, 2007
A recent study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimated that approximately 7.8 percent of U.S. children ages 4-17 are currently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). For decades, most educators, physicians, psychologists, and parents have thought of ADD/ADHD as…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Physicians, Disease Control, Behavior Problems