[Hyperattentional syndrome in children].
BACKGROUND
The attentional mechanism is complex, it depends of multiple encephalic structures, acting all of them together. While using the attentional mechanism we accumulate information from the outside world, this trough the memory of work. The frontal lobe s integrity allows the development of the learning and attentional mechanism, its malfunction is associated with the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The attention is generally selective to different kind of stimuli. In this disorder the children have fixed and sustained visual to a variety of stimuli.


METHODS
We present three children, with vigilant alterations characterized on having uniform selective visual attention to stimuli from the exterior, with prolonged latency. Without any other neurological manifestation.


CONCLUSIONS
Children with attentional deficits, generally present selective attention to certain outside world stimuli. The hyperattentional disorder is a variety of selective visual attention with prolonged latency on the object selected.
Grippo
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J
División de Neurología; Hospital de Niños R. Gutiérrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina. grippo@fibertel.com.ar
Grippo
T
T
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D013577:Syndrome
Síndrome hiperatencional en niños.