TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive engagement and story comprehension in typically developing children and children with ADHD from preschool through elementary school
AU - Lorch, Elizabeth P.
AU - Milich, Richard
AU - Astrin, Clarese C.
AU - Berthiaume, Kristen S.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - The present study examined children's cognitive engagement with television as a function of the continuity of central or incidental content and whether this varied with age and clinical status. In Experiment 1, 9- to 11-year-old children's response times on a secondary task were slower the later a probe occurred in a sequence of central events, and response times predicted recall. Experiment 2 extended these results to 6- to 8-year-old children. Experiment 3 revealed that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) failed to show the pattern consistently observed for comparison children. The results support the hypothesis that typically developing children build a representation during viewing that reflects the causal structure of the televised story but that this skill is deficient in 4- to 9-year-old children with ADHD. PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved.
AB - The present study examined children's cognitive engagement with television as a function of the continuity of central or incidental content and whether this varied with age and clinical status. In Experiment 1, 9- to 11-year-old children's response times on a secondary task were slower the later a probe occurred in a sequence of central events, and response times predicted recall. Experiment 2 extended these results to 6- to 8-year-old children. Experiment 3 revealed that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) failed to show the pattern consistently observed for comparison children. The results support the hypothesis that typically developing children build a representation during viewing that reflects the causal structure of the televised story but that this skill is deficient in 4- to 9-year-old children with ADHD. PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved.
KW - ADHD
KW - Attention
KW - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
KW - Cognitive engagement
KW - Response times
KW - Secondary probe
KW - Story comprehension
KW - Television viewing
KW - Typically developing children
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33750706939
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1206
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1206
M3 - Article
C2 - 17087553
AN - SCOPUS:33750706939
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 42
SP - 1206
EP - 1219
JO - Developmental Psychology
JF - Developmental Psychology
IS - 6
ER -