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Abikoff, Howard; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
Twenty elementary-grade boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and 20 nondisabled boys worked on an arithmetic task during either high stimulation (music), low stimulation (speech), and no stimulation (silence). Although nondisabled children performed similarly under all three auditory conditions, the children with ADHD did somewhat…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Arousal Patterns, Attention Control