Inhibitory Deficits, Delay Aversion and Preschool AD/HD: Implications for the Dual Pathway Model

The dual pathway model proposes the existence of separate and neurobiologically distinct cognitive (inhibitory and more general executive dysfunction) and motivational (delay aversion) developmental routes to AD/HD. The study reported in this paper explores the relation between inhibitory deficits a...

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Main Authors: Lindy Dalen, Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke, Martin Hall, Bob Remington
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2004.1
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description The dual pathway model proposes the existence of separate and neurobiologically distinct cognitive (inhibitory and more general executive dysfunction) and motivational (delay aversion) developmental routes to AD/HD. The study reported in this paper explores the relation between inhibitory deficits and delay aversion and their association with AD/HD in a group of three-year-old children. Children identified as having a pre-school equivalent of AD/HD (N=19) and controls (N=19), matched for gender and IQ, completed a battery of inhibition and delay tasks. Correlational and factor analysis supported a dissociation between inhibitory deficits (go-no-go, set shifting) and delay aversion (choice delay) with delay of gratification cross-loading. Children with AD/HD displayed more inhibitory deficits and were more delay averse than controls. The data support the value of the distinction between motivational and cognitive pathways to AD/HD. Furthermore, the data suggest that such a distinction is apparent relatively early on during development.
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spelling doaj-art-4e4f9cca775e4b0b9bedda60efae8a402025-02-03T01:23:36ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432004-01-01111-211110.1155/NP.2004.1Inhibitory Deficits, Delay Aversion and Preschool AD/HD: Implications for the Dual Pathway ModelLindy Dalen0Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke1Martin Hall2Bob Remington3Developmental Brain-Behaviour Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UKDevelopmental Brain-Behaviour Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UKDevelopmental Brain-Behaviour Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UKDevelopmental Brain-Behaviour Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UKThe dual pathway model proposes the existence of separate and neurobiologically distinct cognitive (inhibitory and more general executive dysfunction) and motivational (delay aversion) developmental routes to AD/HD. The study reported in this paper explores the relation between inhibitory deficits and delay aversion and their association with AD/HD in a group of three-year-old children. Children identified as having a pre-school equivalent of AD/HD (N=19) and controls (N=19), matched for gender and IQ, completed a battery of inhibition and delay tasks. Correlational and factor analysis supported a dissociation between inhibitory deficits (go-no-go, set shifting) and delay aversion (choice delay) with delay of gratification cross-loading. Children with AD/HD displayed more inhibitory deficits and were more delay averse than controls. The data support the value of the distinction between motivational and cognitive pathways to AD/HD. Furthermore, the data suggest that such a distinction is apparent relatively early on during development.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2004.1
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title Inhibitory Deficits, Delay Aversion and Preschool AD/HD: Implications for the Dual Pathway Model
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title_full_unstemmed Inhibitory Deficits, Delay Aversion and Preschool AD/HD: Implications for the Dual Pathway Model
title_short Inhibitory Deficits, Delay Aversion and Preschool AD/HD: Implications for the Dual Pathway Model
title_sort inhibitory deficits delay aversion and preschool ad hd implications for the dual pathway model
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2004.1
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