Online cognitive engagement of boys with ADHD.

@article{citeulike:290840, abstract = {The present study was designed to examine the role that attentional problems may play in accounting for difficulties in story comprehension experienced by children with ADHD. A secondary task methodology was used to examine whether or not online variations in cognitive engagement with a televised story were related to the continuity of central or incidental information. Twenty-two 9- to 11 -year-old boys with ADHD and 36 of their nonreferred peers watched a television program and responded to auditory probes presented at preselected points during continuous sequences of central or incidental information. The reaction times to the probes for nonreferred boys showed the expected linear increase in cognitive engagement (i.e., the RTs increased) as central, plot-relevant sequences continued. In contrast, boys with ADHD showed the expected increase in RTs relatively late in the central sequences. The results were discussed in terms of how delays in engaging with central information may contribute to the academic difficulties experienced by boys with ADHD.}, address = {Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0044, USA.}, author = {Whirley, K. S. and Lorch, E. P. and Lemberger, C. C. and Milich, R. }, citeulike-article-id = {290840}, issn = {1087-0547}, journal = {J Atten Disord}, keywords = {adhd, cognitive, computers, internet, lit-review}, month = {November}, number = {2}, pages = {71--81}, posted-at = {2005-08-15 22:22:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Online cognitive engagement of boys with ADHD.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15018356}, volume = {7}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:290840 L3 - citeulike-article-id:290840 TI - Online cognitive engagement of boys with ADHD. JF - J Atten Disord VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 71 EP - 81 AD - Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0044, USA. SN - 1087-0547 N2 - The present study was designed to examine the role that attentional problems may play in accounting for difficulties in story comprehension experienced by children with ADHD. A secondary task methodology was used to examine whether or not online variations in cognitive engagement with a televised story were related to the continuity of central or incidental information. Twenty-two 9- to 11 -year-old boys with ADHD and 36 of their nonreferred peers watched a television program and responded to auditory probes presented at preselected points during continuous sequences of central or incidental information. The reaction times to the probes for nonreferred boys showed the expected linear increase in cognitive engagement (i.e., the RTs increased) as central, plot-relevant sequences continued. In contrast, boys with ADHD showed the expected increase in RTs relatively late in the central sequences. The results were discussed in terms of how delays in engaging with central information may contribute to the academic difficulties experienced by boys with ADHD. KW - adhd KW - cognitive KW - computers KW - internet KW - lit-review AU - Whirley, KS AU - Lorch, EP AU - Lemberger, CC AU - Milich, R PY - 2003/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15018356 ER -