@article{ref1,
title="Response time scores on a reflexive attention task predict a child's inattention score from a parent report",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2018",
author="Lundwall, Rebecca A. and Sgro, Jordan F. and Fanger, Julia",
volume="13",
number="1",
pages="e0190724-e0190724",
abstract="Compared to sustained attention, only a small proportion of studies examine reflexive attention as a component of everyday attention. Understanding the significance of reflexive attention to everyday attention may inform better treatments for attentional disorders. Children from a general population (recruited when they were from 9-16 years old) completed an exogenously-cued task measuring the extent to which attention is captured by peripheral cue-target conditions. Parents completed a questionnaire reporting their child's day-to-day attention. A general linear model indicated that parent-rated inattention predicted the increase in response time over baseline when a bright cue preceded the target (whether it was valid or invalid) but not when a dim cue preceded the target. More attentive children had more pronounced response time increases from baseline. Our findings suggest a link between a basic measure of cognition (response time difference scores) and parent observations. The findings have implications for increased understanding of the role of reflexive attention in the everyday attention of children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0190724",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190724"
}