Pilot study to explore poor visual searching capabilities in children with ADHD: a tablet-based computerized test battery study.
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| Title: | Pilot study to explore poor visual searching capabilities in children with ADHD: a tablet-based computerized test battery study. |
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| Authors: | Aflalo, Joanna (AUTHOR), Caldani, Simona (AUTHOR), Acquaviva, Eric (AUTHOR), Moscoso, Ana (AUTHOR), Delorme, Richard (AUTHOR), Bucci, Maria Pia (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. Jul2023, Vol. 77 Issue 5, p491-497. 7p. |
| Subjects: | Visual perception, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Pilot projects, Vision disorders, Cognition disorders |
| Abstract: | Aim: The frequent visual attention deficiency reported in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could represent a relevant biomarker but robust estimates of such cognitive impairment in clinical populations remained challenging. To assess visual attention impairment in children ADHD using a new design tablet-based computerized test battery which allowed objective recording of visual search performances. Methods: Forty-nine children with ADHD and their IQ- and age-matched typically developmental (TD) children were enrolled in the study. Visual attention abilities were estimated by using the computerized modified barrage test developed by Metrisquare. We analyzed the time spent to achieve the whole battery and, the errors and omissions done by each child during each of the three sub-tasks. Results: We observed a significant association between the load of sustained attention requested to perform a sub-task and the numbers of errors and omissions made by the children whatever the group considered. During the most stringent sub-task in term of visual attention engagement, children with ADHD displayed more significant errors and omissions when compared to IQ- and age-matched controls. This effect was not mediated by the time spent to perform the task since we did not report any significant difference between groups. Conclusion: The different performance of the most stringent sub-task observed in children with ADHD could be due to their deficient neural activity in frontal areas responsible of visual endogenous attention needed for difficult visual searching tasks. This cognitive battery could be a useful instrument to estimate visual attention impairment in children with ADHD. We assessed if a new design tablet-based computerized test battery would allow objective recording of visual search performances. We observed that children with ADHD made significantly more errors and omissions with respect to age-, sex- matched controls during the most stringent sub-task in terms of visual attention engagement The tablet-based computerized test battery could be a promising tool to objectively estimate abnormal attention search impairment in ADHD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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