Citation

Sonuga-Barke EJ, Taylor E, Heptinstall E. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 1992; 33(2): 399-409.

Affiliation

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of London, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1564082

Abstract

The memory of hyperactive and non-hyperactive children for "attended" and "unattended" picture cards was compared under two conditions. Under Self Imposed Presentation (SI) conditions children set their own limits on presentation time while under Externally Imposed Presentation (EI) conditions children were encouraged to spend 30 seconds attending to the cards. Hyperactive children selected shorter presentation times than non-hyperactive children and recognized fewer "attended" cards under SI conditions, while the two groups performed equally well under EI conditions. These findings suggest that a major determinant of memory deficits in hyperactivity is a self imposed limitation on presentation time rather than more specific cognitive process limitations.

Language: en