title: Face processing in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: ADHD is one of the most common and impairing psychiatric conditions affecting children today. Thus far, much of the phenomenological and neurobiological research has emphasized the core symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity which are thought to be mediated by frontostriatal alterations. However, increasing evidence suggests that ADHD involves emotional problems in addition to cognitive impairments. Here, we review the neurobiology of face processing and suggest that face-processing alterations offer a window into the emotional dysfunction often accompanying ADHD.
authors.affiliation: PediMIND Program, E.P. Bradley Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, East Providence, USA, daniel_dickstein@brown.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Dickstein
authors.forename: F Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Castellanos
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications*; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*