title: Interference control in adult ADHD: no evidence for interference control deficits if response speed is controlled by delta plots.
abstract: Several theoretical accounts assume that interference control deficits belong to the core symptoms of adult ADHD. However, findings of increased interference effects in adult ADHD patients compared with healthy adults may be confounded with the simultaneous finding of generally slower responses in the patient group. The current study compared the magnitude of the interference effect in the Stroop task between a group of adults with ADHD and a healthy adult control group in a procedure that accounted for differences in overall response speed by using delta plots. The amount of interference did not differ between patient and control group at comparable reaction time levels. These results challenge the conclusions of the previous studies, in that they indicate that interference control is not impaired in adult ADHD.
authors.affiliation: General and Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. Alexander.Soutschek@psy.lmu.de
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soutschek
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schwarzkopf
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Finke
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hennig-Fast
authors.forename: Hermann J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riedel
authors.forename: Hans-Jürgen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sorg
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011930:Reaction Time; D057190:Stroop Test; D055815:Young Adult