Attentional processes in children with ADHD: An event-related potential study using the attention network test

Kratz, Oliver; Studer, Petra; Malcherek, Susanne; Erbe, Karlheinz; Moll, Gunther H.; Heinrich, Hartmut

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.05.008

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“…Several studies not directly examining energetic factors also present ERP data interpreted as supporting the role of suboptimal energetic state regulation in AD/HD (Banaschewski et al, 2003;Banaschewski et al, 2004;van Mourik et al, 2007;Kratz et al, 2011), in children with AD/HDcom but not AD/HDin , and also in younger children displaying AD/HD characteristics (Spronk et al, 2008). Liotti et al (2009) presented a similar conclusion, with their results indicating deficient cognitive monitoring operations, rather than a simple account in terms of inhibitory control.…”

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“…During a hybrid Flanker-Nogo task, adolescents with AD/HDcom showed a generally reduced N2, indicating a problem with controlled response selection, and no N2 enhancement for Nogo compared to incongruent trials, indicating a further problem with controlled response suppression (Wild-Wall et al, 2009). In a study using the Attention Network Test, which is very similar to a cued Flanker task, children with AD/HDcom and AD/HDin both showed reduced attention to cues (reduced cue-P3) as well as reduced target P3, suggesting a general deficit in attentional resource allocation (Kratz et al, 2011).…”

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“…Johnstone, et al, 2007; and academic and social outcomes (Wolraich et al, 1996), many studies have used mixed samples dominated by the AD/HDcom subtype (e.g. Kratz et al, 2011), while others appropriately compared subtype groups (e.g. Burgio-Murphy et al, 2007).…”

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Ten years on: A follow-up review of ERP research in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Johnstone

Barry

Clarke

2013

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This article reviews the event-related potential (ERP) literature in relation to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) over the years [2002][2003][2004][2005][2006][2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012]. ERP studies exploring various aspects of brain functioning in children and adolescents with AD/HD are reviewed, with a focus on group effects and interpretations in the domains of attention, inhibitory control, performance monitoring, non-pharmacological treatments, and ERP/energetics interactions. There has been a distinct shift in research intensity over the past 10 years, with a large increase in ERP studies conducted in the areas of inhibitory control and performance monitoring. Overall, the research has identified a substantial number of ERP correlates of AD/HD. Robust differences from healthy controls have been reported in early orienting, inhibitory control, and error-processing components. These data offer potential to improve our understanding of the specific brain dysfunction(s) which contribute to the disorder. The literature would benefit from a more rigorous approach to clinical group composition and consideration of age effects, as well as increased emphasis on replication and extension studies using exacting participant, task, and analysis parameters. • Research focus and intensity has been in the domains of attention, inhibitory control, performance monitoring, non-pharmacological treatments, and ERP/energetics interactions.• Some consistent differences from healthy controls are emerging, but more emphasis on replication and extension studies is needed to increase the consistency and specificity of results. AbstractThis article reviews the event-related potential (ERP) literature in relation to attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) over the years 2002 to 2012. ERP studies exploring various aspects of brain functioning in children and adolescents with AD/HD are examined, with a focus on group effects and interpretations in the domains of attention, inhibitory control, performance monitoring, non-pharmacological treatments, and ERP/energetics interactions. There has been a distinct shift in research intensity over the past 10 years, with a large increase in ERP studies conducted in the areas of inhibitory control and performance monitoring. Overall, the research has identified a substantial number of ERP correlates of AD/HD. Robust differences from healthy controls have been reported in early orienting, inhibitory control, and error-processing components.These data offer potential to improve our understanding of the specific brain dysfunction(s) which contribute to the disorder. The literature would benefit from a more rigorous approach to clinical group composition and consideration of age effects, as well as increased emphasis on replication and extension studies using exacting participant, task, and analysis parameters.

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Ten years on: A follow-up review of ERP research in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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“…They indicated that the difference could be related to response inhibition, although the contribution of the difficulty of the task cannot be ruled out. In children, with ADHD and a healthy control group were analyzed by Kratz et al [19] for potential modulations in the Contingent Negative Variation (CNV) interval. They found an increase of the amplitude in the late phase of the CNV for the spatial cue condition with respect to the neutral cue condition in healthy controls.…”

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Neural Correlates of Alerting and Orienting Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

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BackgroundA considerable percentage of multiple sclerosis patients have attentional impairment, but understanding its neurophysiological basis remains a challenge. The Attention Network Test allows 3 attentional networks to be studied. Previous behavioural studies using this test have shown that the alerting network is impaired in multiple sclerosis. The aim of this study was to identify neurophysiological indexes of the attention impairment in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients using this test.ResultsAfter general slowing had been removed in patients group to isolate the effects of each condition, some behavioral differences between them were obtained. About Contingent Negative Variation, a statistically significant decrement were found in the amplitude for Central and Spatial Cue Conditions for patient group (p<0.05). ANOVAs showed for the patient group a significant latency delay for P1 and N1 components (p<0.05) and a decrease of P3 amplitude for congruent and incongruent stimuli (p<0.01). With regard to correlation analysis, PASAT-3s and SDMT showed significant correlations with behavioral measures of the Attention Network Test (p<0.01) and an ERP parameter (CNV amplitude).ConclusionsBehavioral data are highly correlated with the neuropsychological scores and show that the alerting and orienting mechanisms in the patient group were impaired. Reduced amplitude for the Contingent Negative Variation in the patient group suggests that this component could be a physiological marker related to the alerting and orienting impairment in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. P1 and N1 delayed latencies are evidence of the demyelination process that causes impairment in the first steps of the visual sensory processing. Lastly, P3 amplitude shows a general decrease for the pathological group probably indexing a more central impairment. These results suggest that the Attention Network Test give evidence of multiple levels of attention impairment, which could help in the assessment and treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients.

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“…ISHIGAMI AND KLEIN Carlson, & Tucker, 2007;Konrad et al, 2010;Kratz et al, 2011), genetic disorders (i.e., 22q11 deletion syndrome; Sobin et al, 2004;Sobin, Kiley-Brabeck, & Karayiorgou, 2005), learning disabilities (i.e., dyslexia; Bednarek et al, 2004), maltreatment (Rogosch & Cicchetti, 2005), cardiac surgery in infancy (Hövels-Gürich et al, 2007), preterm birth (Pizzo et al, 2010), nervous system tumors (Quintero-Gallego, Gómez, Morales, & Márquez, 2011), and different sociodemographic backgrounds (Mezzacappa, 2004).…”

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Repeated Measurement of the Components of Attention With Young Children Using the Attention Network Test: Stability, Isolability, Robustness, and Reliability

Ishigami

Klein

2014

Journal of Cognition and Development

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The current study examined the robustness, stability, reliability, and isolability of the attention network scores (alerting, orienting, and executive control) when young children experienced repeated administrations of the child version of the Attention Network Test (ANT; Rueda et al., 2004). Ten test sessions of the ANT were administered to 12 young children. Participants were asked to indicate the direction of a target fish, flanked by distractors, presented either above or below the fixation cross following different types of visual cues. Network scores, reflecting alerting, orienting, and executive control, were calculated using orthogonal subtractions of performance in selected conditions. Only the alerting network scores remained highly significant across the 10 sessions. The executive network scores showed some practice effects. The reliability of the network scores remained poor regardless of the amount of data. Based on the results, use of the ANT is cautioned against in young children when repeated testing is required.

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Attentional processes in children with ADHD: An event-related potential study using the attention network test

Cited by 91 publications

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Ten years on: A follow-up review of ERP research in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Ten years on: A follow-up review of ERP research in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Neural Correlates of Alerting and Orienting Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Repeated Measurement of the Components of Attention With Young Children Using the Attention Network Test: Stability, Isolability, Robustness, and Reliability

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