SAFETYLIT WEEKLY UPDATE

We compile citations and summaries of about 400 new articles every week.
RSS Feed

HELP: Tutorials | FAQ
CONTACT US: Contact info

Search Results

Journal Article

Citation

Kroyzer N, Gross-Tsur V, Pollak Y. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 2014; 202(3): 247-252.

Affiliation

*The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and †The Neuropediatric Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0000000000000100

PMID

24566511

Abstract

Risk taking is commonly attributed to individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study investigated whether adolescents with ADHD would choose to take greater risks on a probabilistic task in which contingencies are explicitly presented. Adolescents with and without ADHD, aged 13 to 18 years, performed a modified version of the Cambridge Gambling Task. The subjects with ADHD risked smaller sums and chose the unfavorable outcomes more frequently than did the controls but had the same speed of decision and risk adjustment. The results indicate that their poor decisions were not due to impulsivity or insensitivity to the concept of probability and that increased risk taking is not always associated with ADHD. Moreover, in situations that do not demand learning of contingencies, ADHD may be associated with decreased, rather than increased, risk taking.


Language: en

NEW SEARCH


All SafetyLit records are available for automatic download to Zotero & Mendeley
Print