Attention deficit disorder in children: a neglect syndrome?
This study tests the hypothesis that children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) resemble adults with inattention and neglect secondary to right hemisphere dysfunction. A letter cancellation task was administered to seven boys with ADD and five controls. As a group, the subjects with ADD made significantly more overall errors of omission and left-sided errors than controls, suggesting that they resemble adults with right hemisphere dysfunction.
Voeller
K K
KK
Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
Heilman
K M
KM
D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D013223:Statistics as Topic