Examining Conners Continuous Performance Test-3 (CPT-3) Embedded Performance Validity Indicators in an Adult Clinical Sample Referred for ADHD Evaluation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Scimeca ◽  
Lindsey Holbrook ◽  
Tasha Rhoads ◽  
Brian M. Cerny ◽  
Kyle J. Jennette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Test ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Continuous Performance Test ◽  
Continuous Performance ◽  
Performance Validity ◽  
Validity Indicators ◽  
Conners Continuous Performance Test

Feigned ADHD Associated Cognitive Impairment: Utility of Integrating an Eye-trAcker and the MOXO-dCPT

2021 ◽  
pp. 108705472110636
Author(s):  
Astar Lev ◽  
Tomer Elbaum ◽  
Corinne Berger ◽  
Yoram Braw
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Continuous Performance Test ◽  
Gaze Direction ◽  
Lower Sensitivity ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Continuous Performance ◽  
Eye Tracker ◽  
Validity Indicators ◽  
Initial Exploration

Objective: The current study assessed the utility of eye-movements measures, gathered while participants performed a commercially available Continuous Performance Test (CPT), to detect feigned ADHD-associated cognitive impairment. Method: Healthy simulators ( n = 37), ADHD patients ( n = 33), and healthy controls ( n = 36) performed an eye-tracker integrated MOXO-dCPT and a stand-alone validity indicator. Results: Simulators gazed significantly longer at regions that were irrelevant for successful MOXO-dCPT performance compared to ADHD patients and healthy controls. This eye-movement measure, however, had lower sensitivity than traditional MOXO-dCPT indices. Discussion: Gaze direction measures, gathered while performing a CPT, show initial promise as validity indicators. Traditional CPT measures, however, are more sensitive and therefore offer a more promising path for the establishment of CPT-based validity indicators. The current study is an initial exploration of the issue and further evaluation of both theoretical and practical aspects is mandated.

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