title: Efficacy of a Continuous Performance Test Based on Virtual Reality in the Diagnosis of ADHD and Its Clinical Presentations.
abstract: To analyze the diagnostic effectiveness of the AULA Nesplora test to discriminate the different ADHD presentations: impulsive/hyperactive (I/H), inattentive, and combined.
  
  
  
  A total of 117 students (76.9% male and 23.1% female) between 5 and 16 years of age ( M = 11.18 years, SD = 3.10 years) participated, and were divided into three groups with ADHD according to their presentation, and a control group.
  
  
  
  Each of the test conditions allowed the discrimination between the I/H and combined presentations with respect to the control group, and between the I/H and inattentive presentations. However, differences among ADHD presentations were only evident when the results were separately analyzed for the visual and auditory modalities.
  
  
  
  This study showed that the indicators offered by the AULA Nesplora test (omissions, commissions, response times, and motor activity) make it possible to establish a differential diagnosis of ADHD presentations when analyzed under different contextual conditions.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Débora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Areces
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Celestino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Trinidad
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Marisol
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cueli
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: González-Castro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D000076142:Virtual Reality
keywords: ADHD; ADHD presentations; AULA Nesplora test; diagnosis; virtual reality