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Reaction time performance in ADHD: improvement under fast-incentive condition and familial effects.
Psychological medicine - 1 Dec 2007
Andreou Penny, Neale Ben M, Chen Wai, Christiansen Hanna, Gabriels Isabel, Heise Alexander, Meidad Sheera, Muller Ueli C, Uebel Henrik, Banaschewski Tobias, Manor Iris, Oades Robert, Roeyers Herbert, Rothenberger Aribert, Sham Pak, Steinhausen Hans-Christoph, Asherson Philip, Kuntsi Jonna
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BACKGROUND: Reaction time (RT) variability is one of the strongest findings to emerge in cognitive-experimental research of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We set out to confirm the association between ADHD and slow and variable RTs and investigate the degree to which RT performance improves under fast event rate and incentives. Using a group familial correlation approach, we tested the...
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