@article{ref1,
title="Disrupted response inhibition toward facial anger cues in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): an event-related potential study",
journal="Journal of child neurology",
year="2014",
author="Köchel, Angelika and Leutgeb, Verena and Schienle, Anne",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="459-468",
abstract="This event-related potential study focused on neural correlates of inhibitory affective control in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Sixteen boys with ADHD and 16 healthy boys underwent an emotional Go/NoGo task with pictures of facial expressions from the categories anger, sadness, happiness, and neutral. The participants were instructed to execute or withhold a motor response to specific emotions. Patients relative to controls displayed a severe impairment in response inhibition toward anger cues, which was accompanied by a reduced P300 amplitude (positive voltage deflection about 300 ms after picture onset). The control group showed a P300 differentiation of the affective categories that was absent in the ADHD group. The pronounced anger-processing deficit in ADHD patients might be linked to their interpersonal difficulties and should be addressed in psychotherapy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-0738",
doi="10.1177/0883073813476139",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0883073813476139"
}