The Diversity of Attention Deficits in ADHD: The prevalence of Four Cognitive Factors in ADHD Versus Controls

Y Tsal; Lilach Shalev; Carmel Mevorach

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The Diversity of Attention Deficits in ADHD: The prevalence of Four Cognitive Factors in ADHD Versus Controls

Y Tsal, Lilach Shalev, Carmel Mevorach

Psychology

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The performance of participants with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) relative to control participants was measured on four tasks uniquely assessing the functions of selective attention, executive attention, sustained attention, and orienting of attention. The results showed that deficits in sustained attention were the most pronounced, characterizing most participants with ADHD and deficits in each of the other three functions characterized more than half of these participants. Different participants with ADHD revealed different clusters of attentional deficits. These results call for a revision of leading theories of ADHD that identify the core of the pathology as a sole deficit in executive functions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	142-157
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Learning Disabilities
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194050380020401
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005

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