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Difficulties maintaining prolonged fixation and attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms share genetic influences in childhood.
Psychiatry research - 1 Nov 2020
Falck-Ytter Terje, Pettersson Erik, Bölte Sven, D'Onofrio Brian, Lichtenstein Paul, Kennedy Daniel P
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the association between the ability to maintain prolonged (2-minute) fixation on a visual target and ADHD traits in a sample consisting of 120 monozygotic and 120 dizygotic twin pairs, aged 9 to 14 years. More intrusive saccades during the task was associated with higher level of parent-reported ADHD traits. Both intrusive saccades and ADHD symptoms had high heritability estimates, and...
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