ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Shared Reactive Control Strategies on the SSRT Task in Children with and without ADHD

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Cognitive Psychology

  • Alexandra Roule
    The Pennsylvania State University
  • Cynthia Huang-Pollock
    The Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

Children with and without ADHD completed the Stop Signal Reaction Time task to identify mechanisms of reactive control following inhibition trials. Poorer overall performance by children with ADHD was explained by slower, less confident decision-making using the diffusion model. No diagnostic differences were identified in mechanisms that supported reactive control.

Decision Making