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Hom-Yi Lee1, Tzu-Feng Wu2, Jeng-Dau Tsai3
1Department of Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiching City, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiching City, Taiwan homyilee@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Inhibitory deficits of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are well documented. However, the specific inhibition ability (stopping an ongoing response) of preschoolers with ADHD is little reported. This study adopted the tracking stop-signal task to examine preschoolers with ADHD. Twenty-eight children with ADHD (M = 6.1 year, SD = 0.6) were compared to 31 comparison children (M = 6.0 year, SD = 0.6) on a measure of inhibitory control. The results showed that preschool children with ADHD performed worse than their control groups on the stop-signal task, using the omission error index, implying an attention deficit. However, preschool children with ADHD did not exhibit significantly slower stop-signal reaction times relative to the control group. The ability of controlled response inhibition of preschool children may not be mature.
