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A Divided Attention Experiment with Pervasively Hyperactive Children

Overview
Journal J Abnorm Child Psychol
Publisher Springer
Date 1987 Sep 1
PMID 3668085
Citations 12
Authors
J van der Meere
J Sergeant
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Abstract

Task performance of 12 pervasive hyperactives and controls was studied in a divided attention reaction time experiment. The two groups differed with respect to task efficiency. The hyperactives were slower than controls, had more variable reaction times, and made more frequent errors. Task inefficiency could not be explained by a deficiency in divided attention or impulsive responding in the hyperactive group. Further, the observed differences in IQ between the groups could not account for the differential performance finding. It is concluded that input and/or output processes, probably in combination with energetical factors, might be disturbed in hyperactive children.

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