Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of preresponse cues on behavioral control in adults with ADHD. Method: Eighty-eight adults with ADHD and 67 adults with no history of ADHD completed a cued go/no-go task. This task requires participants to respond or inhibit a response to go and no-go targets, respectively, and preresponse cues provide participants with predictive information about the upcoming target. Results: Overall, participants with ADHD made more inhibitory failures and responded more slowly than controls. These group differences were only present in the valid-cue condition, and there were no significant group differences in the invalid-cue conditions. Conclusion: These findings suggest that adults with ADHD are less able to utilize predictive environmental information to facilitate behavioral control.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 317-324 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Attention Disorders |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2013, © The Author(s) 2013.
Funding
Funders | Funder number |
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | R01AA018274 |
Keywords
- adult ADHD
- cognitive functioning
- inhibition
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Clinical Psychology