The Effect of Delay on Hyperactive and Non‐hyperactive Children's Response Times: a Research Note
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 33 (6) , 1091-1096
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00927.x
Abstract
Twenty-four hyperactive and 55 non-hyperactive children made a button press after the disappearance of a stimulus presented for either 1, 15 or 30 sec. Hyperactive children's responses were generally slower than those of non-hyperactive children and increased with length of pre-response delay, while non-hyperactive children's response time remained the same across all presentation levels. The results are interpreted as giving support to accounts that stress the role of pre-response delay, rather than time on task per se, as an important determinant of hyperactive children's attentional performance.Keywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Hyperactivity and Delay Aversion—I. The Effect of Delay on ChoiceJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1992
- Hyperactivity and Delay Aversion—II. The Effect of Self versus Externally Imposed Stimulus Presentation Periods on MemoryJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1992
- Sex Differences in the Hyperkinetic Syndrome of ChildhoodJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1990
- Controlled processing and vigilance in hyperactivity: Time will tellJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1988
- ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY: A CRITIQUEJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1986
- Hyperactive and hypoxic children: Signal detection, sustained attention, and behavior.Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1984
- Hyperactive and hypoxic children: Signal detection, sustained attention, and behavior.Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1984
- THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SITUATIONALLY AND PERVASIVELY HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN: IMPLICATIONS FOR SYNDROME DEFINITIONJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1981
- Characteristics of the Orienting Response in Hyperactive and Normal ChildrenPsychophysiology, 1972
- A CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE FOR COMPLETION BY TEACHERS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGSJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1967