Abstract
Objectives: To identify disease specific and overlapping aspects of impulsivity in children and adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders or ADHD.
Methods: Motor impulsivity (Stop Signal Task), reflection impulsivity (Information Sampling Task), and trait impulsivity (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale) are compared between three groups of children and adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age: patients with early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders (N=29), patients with ADHD (N=29), and healthy controls (N=45).
Results: Preliminary results: Reflection impulsivity is significantly increased in patients with ADHD but not in early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients who perform non-significantly different from the healthy controls in the decreased win condition.
Discussion: Reduced information sampling in children and adolescents with ADHD may reflect an inability to delay their decision making to gather more information in a condition with a conflict between reward and certainty. The reduced information sampling may also reflect an increased conviction in the decision at a point of relative uncertainty.
Methods: Motor impulsivity (Stop Signal Task), reflection impulsivity (Information Sampling Task), and trait impulsivity (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale) are compared between three groups of children and adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age: patients with early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders (N=29), patients with ADHD (N=29), and healthy controls (N=45).
Results: Preliminary results: Reflection impulsivity is significantly increased in patients with ADHD but not in early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients who perform non-significantly different from the healthy controls in the decreased win condition.
Discussion: Reduced information sampling in children and adolescents with ADHD may reflect an inability to delay their decision making to gather more information in a condition with a conflict between reward and certainty. The reduced information sampling may also reflect an increased conviction in the decision at a point of relative uncertainty.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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| Publikationsdato | 10 sep. 2014 |
| Antal sider | 1 |
| Status | Udgivet - 10 sep. 2014 |
| Begivenhed | Nordic Child and Adolescent Psychiatric (NordCAP) Research Meeting - Comwell Middelfart, Danmark, Middelfart, Danmark Varighed: 10 sep. 2014 → 11 sep. 2014 |
Konference
| Konference | Nordic Child and Adolescent Psychiatric (NordCAP) Research Meeting |
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| Lokation | Comwell Middelfart, Danmark |
| Land/Område | Danmark |
| By | Middelfart |
| Periode | 10/09/2014 → 11/09/2014 |