Colour Perception in ADHD
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| Title: | Colour Perception in ADHD |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Banaschewski, Tobias, Ruppert, Sinje, Tannock, Rosemary, Albrecht, Bjorn, Becker, Andreas, Uebel, Henrik, Sergeant, Joseph A., Rothenberger, Aribert |
| Source: | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Jun 2006 47(6):568-572. |
| Availability: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Color, Visual Perception, Children, Comparative Analysis, Visual Discrimination, Visual Stimuli |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Stroop Color Word Test |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01540.x |
| ISSN: | 0021-9630 |
| Abstract: | Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with unexplained impairments on speeded naming of coloured stimuli. These deficits may reflect hypofunctioning retinal dopaminergic mechanisms impairing particularly blue-yellow colour discrimination. Colour perception and rapid colour naming ability were investigated in 14 children with ADHD and 13 healthy peers matched for age, gender, and IQ, using the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test (FMT) and the Stroop-Colour-Word test. Children with ADHD committed more errors on the FMT, particularly on discrimination of colours along the blue-yellow axis, and were slower on Stroop subtests involving colour naming. However, the latter deficit was accounted for similarly by blue-yellow and red-green discrimination abilities. Blue-yellow colour perception problems in ADHD contribute to but do not fully explain the observed slowed colour naming. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2012 |
| Accession Number: | EJ950292 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with unexplained impairments on speeded naming of coloured stimuli. These deficits may reflect hypofunctioning retinal dopaminergic mechanisms impairing particularly blue-yellow colour discrimination. Colour perception and rapid colour naming ability were investigated in 14 children with ADHD and 13 healthy peers matched for age, gender, and IQ, using the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test (FMT) and the Stroop-Colour-Word test. Children with ADHD committed more errors on the FMT, particularly on discrimination of colours along the blue-yellow axis, and were slower on Stroop subtests involving colour naming. However, the latter deficit was accounted for similarly by blue-yellow and red-green discrimination abilities. Blue-yellow colour perception problems in ADHD contribute to but do not fully explain the observed slowed colour naming. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-9630 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01540.x |
