The Continuous Performance Test in Learning Disabled and Nondisabled Children

Eliason, Michèle J.; Richman, Lynn C.

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“…Meta-analyses of studies using the CPT revealed that omission errors (lack of response to target stimuli) and commission errors (responses to nontarget stimuli) are medication-sensitive, as indicated by a decreased number of both omission and commission errors of children with ADHD receiving MPH. Omission and commission errors are assumed to reflect inattention and impulsivity, respectively (Barkley 1991;Corkum and Siegel 1993;Eliason and Richman 1987;Epstein et al 1998;Halperin et al 1991;Lassiter et al 1994). Furthermore, reaction time and the variability of reaction time have been found to decrease following MPH administration (Losier et al 1996;Riccio et al 2001).…”

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Effects of methylphenidate on multiple components of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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The present findings indicate that various aspects of attention are markedly impaired in children with ADHD. Treatment with MPH was accompanied by improvements in attention functions of small to moderate sizes. Although MPH-induced improvements were observed in a broad range of attention measures, children with ADHD who were on MPH treatment nevertheless displayed serious deficits in a number of components of attention.

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“…However, studies involving clinical controls indicate that continuous performance tests do not reliably distinguish children with ADHD from other clinical groups (Barkley, DuPaul, & McMurray, 1990;Corkum & Siegel, 1993;Koriath, Gualtieri, Van Bourgondien, Quade, & Werry, 1985). In addition, children with RD tend to perform poorly on continuous performance tests (Eliason & Richman, 1987;Tarnowski, Prinz, & Nay, 1986). Two DD studies have used the commercially available Conners' Continuous Performance Test (CCPT;Conners, 1995).…”

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Time Perception: Does It Distinguish ADHD and RD Children in a Clinical Sample?

McGee

Brodeur

Symons

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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This study used a double-dissociation design to evaluate whether children with ADHD demonstrated specific deficits relative to children with Reading Disorders. Recent theory suggests that ADHD children have deficits in time perception and working memory, whereas RD children have deficits in phonological decoding. The performance of 113 clinic-referred children aged 6-11 was examined using measures of working memory, phonological processing, and time perception. Respondents completed two time production tasks in which they were to judge when 30-s had elapsed, and another in which they were asked to estimate the duration of the Conners' CPT (CCPT). Time Perception and phonological processing variables were submitted to a 2 × 2 ANCOVA (ADHD vs. RD), covarying for age, SES, IQ, and working memory. Children with ADHD were more likely to overestimate the time taken for the CCPT than children without ADHD, but no group differences were found on the 30-s estimation tasks. Children with RD did not display deficits in time estimation, but showed deficits in auditory phonological processing. The lack of interaction effects supported an "etiological subtype" over the "phenocopy" model of ADHD and RD. No group differences were detected using the CCPT. Although our previous studies did not find an order effect for the Conners' CPT in a 1-hr battery, a fatigue effect was evident with a 1.5-hr battery. The implications for Barkley's behavioral inhibition theories (R. Barkley, 1997) are discussed.

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“…Deficits in vigilance task performance have been demonstrated for a variety of groups of children with information processing or attentional difficulties. For example, children at risk for schizophrenia (Nuechterlein, 1983;Rutschmann, Cornblatt, & Erlenmeyer-Kimling, 1977), hypoxic children (O'Dougherty et al, 1984), learningdisabled children (Dainer et al, 1981;Eliason & Richman, 1987;Tarnowski, Prinz, & Nay, 1986), and educationally handicapped students (Keogh & Margolis, 1976) all have poor performance on these tasks. However, attempts to define disorder-specific deficits have not yielded a consistent pattern (Nuechterlein, 1983;O'Dougherty et al, 1984;Tarnowski et al, 1986).…”

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The validity of vigilance tasks in differential diagnosis of children referred for attention and learning problems

Lovejoy

Rasmussen

1990

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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This study was conducted to evaluate the convergent and discriminant validity of vigilance measures of attention and impulsivity in children. One hundred children referred for evaluation of attention and learning problems were administered a battery of tests including two vigilance tasks, other laboratory measures of inattention and impulsivity, and parent and teacher ratings. It was predicted that vigilance task performance would correlate with teacher ratings and laboratory measures of inattention while correlations with ratings of aggressive behavior were predicted to be lower. Moderate correlations were obtained between the vigilance task scores and other laboratory measures of inattention and impulsivity. However, the vigilance scores did not correlate with teacher or parent ratings of behavior. A factor analysis, conducted to identify underlying dimensions of attention in the battery of tests, revealed strong source effects. The implications for use of vigilance measures in diagnosis are discussed.

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The Continuous Performance Test in Learning Disabled and Nondisabled Children

Cited by 47 publications

References 19 publications

Effects of methylphenidate on multiple components of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Effects of methylphenidate on multiple components of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Time Perception: Does It Distinguish ADHD and RD Children in a Clinical Sample?

The validity of vigilance tasks in differential diagnosis of children referred for attention and learning problems

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