TY - JOUR PY - 1981// TI - The effect of appealing distractors on the performance of hyperactive children JO - Journal of abnormal child psychology A1 - Radosh, A. A1 - Gittelman, R. SP - 179 EP - 189 VL - 9 IS - 2 N2 - The study investigated whether hyperactive children were more susceptible to appealing distractors than were normal children. Twenty hyperactive and 20 normal children performed arithmetic tasks under three levels of distraction: no distraction, low-appeal distraction, and high-appeal distraction. Hyperactive children were significantly more affected by both low- and high-appeal distractors than were the normal children.

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