The effect of ADHD symptoms on performance monitoring in a non-clinical population.

Full Abstract

Recent studies suggested deficits in error processing in patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but some inconsistencies are still present. Using the ADHD screening questionnaire, the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, we investigated the association between the amount of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms in a non-clinical population of healthy students (n=56) and the neural correlates of error processing measured with event-related potentials. We found reduced amplitudes of error-positivity (Pe) with increasing symptoms of inattention, but no correlation with error-related negativity. These results suggest that attention deficits reduce the conscious evaluation of an error as reflected by reduced Pe amplitudes.

Author information

Author/s: Herrmann, Martin J (MJ); Saathoff, Claudia (C); Schreppel, Theresa J (TJ); Ehlis, Ann-Christine (AC); Scheuerpflug, Peter (P); Pauli, Paul (P); Fallgatter, Andreas J (AJ);

Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. Herrmann_M(-atsign-)klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Psychiatry research (Psychiatry Res), published in Ireland. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 169 (issue 2) : pp 144-8

Dates: Created 2009/09/07; Completed 2009/10/29;

PMID: 19700203, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/29/2009, IMS Date: )

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