Attentional selection predicts rapid automatized naming ability in Chinese-speaking children with ADHD

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are reported to have a significantly higher risk of showing reading difficulties or disorders. Here, we aimed to identify the relationship between electroencephalographic (EEG) marker of spatial attention and reading ability in Chinese ch...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific reports 2017-04, Vol.7 (1), p.939-9, Article 939
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Encong, Sun, Meirong, Tao, Ye, Gao, Xiaoyi, Guo, Jialiang, Zhao, Chenguang, Li, Hui, Qian, Qiujin, Wu, Zhanliang, Wang, Yufeng, Sun, Li, Song, Yan
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Zusammenfassung:Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are reported to have a significantly higher risk of showing reading difficulties or disorders. Here, we aimed to identify the relationship between electroencephalographic (EEG) marker of spatial attention and reading ability in Chinese children with ADHD. First, we demonstrated that rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a strong predictor of reading ability in Chinese-speaking children. Then, EEG data of 9-to 15-year-old children with ADHD (n = 38) and typically developing (TD) controls (n = 36) were collected while the children performed a classical visual search task. Children with ADHD showed slower RAN speed than TD children. For event-related potentials (ERPs), children with ADHD showed a reduced target-evoked N2pc component, which predicted their poorer RAN performance. However, in TD children the early occipital P1 amplitude was negatively correlated with their RAN performance. The correlation between decreased N2pc and poor RAN performance in children with ADHD suggests that their reading problems may in part be due to impaired attentional selection. In contrast, in TD children, development in early visual processing co-occurs with improvements in reading ability.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-01075-x