The Influences of Methylphenidate on Heart Rate and Behavioral Measures of Attention in Hyperactive Children

Overview

Journal Child Dev

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 1975 Sep 1

PMID 1157610

Citations 12

Authors

S W Porges

G F Walter

R J Korb

R L Sprague

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Abstract

Reaction-time performance and heart-rate responses associated with attention were used to assess the hyperactive child's attentional deficit and his response to methylphenidate. Attentional deficits shown by long response latencies were reflected in heart-rate responses theoretically incompatible with sustained attention. Subjects exhibiting the greatest attentional deficit displayed the most favorable response to methylphenidate in both reaction-time performance and physiological measures. However, subjects who showed the greatest improvement in social behavior were those who showed the least improvement in reaction-time performance.

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