Are abnormal event-related potentials specific to children with ADHD?: A comparison with two clinical groups

C Kemner; M N Verbaten; H S Koelega; G Camfferman; H van Engeland

doi:10.2466/pms.1998.87.3.1083

Are abnormal event-related potentials specific to children with ADHD? A comparison with two clinical groups

C Kemner, M N Verbaten, H S Koelega, G Camfferman, H van Engeland

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Abstract

Children with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity (ADHD) were compared with two other clinical groups, namely, children with autism and children with dyslexia, with respect to several peaks of the ERP. By using these other clinical groups, it was studied whether amplitude differences between children and ADHD and normal control children, which were found in an earlier study, were specific to children with ADHD. ERPs were measured in response to stimuli in an auditory and a visual oddball task. Only with respect to the P3 and Pz, measured in response to deviant auditory stimuli, did the children with ADHD show smaller amplitudes than both autistic children and those with dyslexia. It was concluded that a smaller amplitude of this peak is specific to children with ADHD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1083-90
Number of pages	8
Journal	Perceptual and Motor Skills
Volume	87
Issue number	3 Pt 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1998.87.3.1083
Publication status	Published - Dec 1998

Keywords

Acoustic Stimulation
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis
Auditory Perception/physiology
Autistic Disorder/diagnosis
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyslexia/diagnosis
Evoked Potentials/physiology
Evoked Potentials, Auditory/physiology
Evoked Potentials, Visual/physiology
Form Perception/physiology
Humans

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