June 9, 2021
Visual and auditory information are processed differently by children with ADHD, depending on their diagnosed ADHD subtype and the presence of comorbid conditions, according to a new
Journal of Attention Disorders study exploring cognitive distinctions between the ADHD sub-types and between children with and without ADHD comorbidities.
1 Notably, the research found that children with combined-type ADHD respond best to visual information, though children without ADHD outperform those with inattentive- or combined-type ADHD on Continuous Performance Tests measuring attention, inhibition, and working memory.
One hundred fifty participants, aged 7 to 10, were grouped according to ADHD presentation (combined or inattentive) or comorbid diagnosis (anxiety, ODD, both, or neither). Their performance on the Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test (IVA-CPT) was compared to a control group of 60 children without ADHD. Diffusion decision modelling was used