Colour Perception in ADHD

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Title: Colour Perception in ADHD
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.
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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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