Interference control in adult ADHD: no evidence for interference control deficits if response speed is controlled by delta plots

Soutschek, A. and Schwarzkopf, W. and Finke, K. and Hennig-Fast, K. and Muller, Hermann J. and Riedel, M. and Möller, H.J. and Sorg, C. and Schubert, T. (2013) Interference control in adult ADHD: no evidence for interference control deficits if response speed is controlled by delta plots. Acta Psychologica 143 (1), pp. 71-78. ISSN 0001-6918.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.02.013

Abstract

Several theoretical accounts assume that interference control deficits belong to the core symptoms of adult ADHD. However, findings of increased interference effects in adult ADHD patients compared with healthy adults may be confounded with the simultaneous finding of generally slower responses in the patient group. The current study compared the magnitude of the interference effect in the Stroop task between a group of adults with ADHD and a healthy adult control group in a procedure that accounted for differences in overall response speed by using delta plots. The amount of interference did not differ between patient and control group at comparable reaction time levels. These results challenge the conclusions of the previous studies, in that they indicate that interference control is not impaired in adult ADHD.

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Item Type:	Article
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
Depositing User:	Sarah Hall
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2015 11:56
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 17:19
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/13193

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