Association Between Continuous Performance and Response Inhibition Tests in Adults With ADHD

Objective: The study of ADHD uses various computerized tests to assess cognitive functions. Uncertainty exists regarding the association between deficits found by different tools testing similar or different cognitive functions (e.g., continuous performance tests [CPT] and response inhibition [RI] tests).We hypothesized that different tools that measure continuous performance will be better correlated between themselves than with a tool that examines RI. Method: Thirty-six adults with ADHD performed two different CPTs and a RI task. We analyzed correlations between different measures examined by the tasks. Results: There were strong correlations between corresponding measures in the CPTs. Correlations between the results in CPT and the RI task were only minimal. Conclusion: These findings support the specificity of impairments in different cognitive domains (continuous attention vs. RI) beyond the specific test used in the study of ADHD. Also, these findings strengthen the importance of specific discriminative cognitive domains in ADHD.

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Impact of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure on Attention and Response Inhibition as Assessed by Continuous Performance Tests

Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics ◽

10.1097/01.dbp.0000268560.72580.f9 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 195-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Veronica H. Accornero ◽

Alfred J. Amado ◽

Connie E. Morrow ◽

Lihua Xue ◽

James C. Anthony ◽

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Keyword(s):

Response Inhibition ◽

Performance Tests ◽

Continuous Performance ◽

Cocaine Exposure ◽

Prenatal Cocaine Exposure ◽

Continuous Performance Tests ◽

Prenatal Cocaine

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Association Between Auditory and Visual Continuous Performance Tests in Students With ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders ◽

10.1177/1087054716679263 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 635-640 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sergio Luís Schmidt ◽

Eunice do Nascimento Simões ◽

Ana Lúcia Novais Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Sensory Modality ◽

Visual Modality ◽

Auditory Modality ◽

Performance Tests ◽

Continuous Performance ◽

Strong Correlations ◽

Continuous Performance Tests ◽

Students With Adhd ◽

Auditory Tasks ◽

Contrast Response

Objective: Continuous Performance Tests (CPTs) are known to measure inattention and impulsivity in students with ADHD. Many CPTs utilize a visual format. It is accepted that auditory tasks reflect attentional demand more closely in the classroom. Thus, the association between deficits found by auditory and visual CPTs needs to be studied. We hypothesized that impulsivity would be dependent on sensory modality and inattention would be a unitary cross-modal construct. Method: Forty-four students with ADHD performed two CPTs (visual and auditory). We analyzed correlations between the variables examined by the two tasks. Results: There were strong correlations between variables measuring inattention. Correlations between auditory and visual measures of impulsivity were weak. Conclusion: Inattention is partially independent of modality. In contrast, response inhibition is modality-specific. Although ADHD is defined regardless of modality, hyperactive students may exhibit deficits in the auditory modality but not in the visual modality or vice versa.

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