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- Title
Effects of methylphenidate on inhibitory control in hyperactive children.
- Authors
Tannock R, Schachar RJ, Carr RP, Chajczyk D, Logan GD
- Year
1989
- Abstract
This study investigated the effects of methylphenidate (MPH) on inhibitory control in hyperactive children. A double-blind, placebo-control, within-subject (crossover) design was used in which 12 children, between 6 and 11 years of age, were each tested four times in each drug condition: 0.3 mg/kg and 1.0 mg/kg of methylphenidate, and placebo. Dependent measures included (a) the probability of inhibiting responses to a primary choice reaction time task given a stop signal, on the Stopping Task, and (b) response latency and errors on the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT). MPH improved the efficiency of the central inhibitory mechanism by speeding the inhibitory process, thereby affording the children greater control over their actions and enabling them to increase the probability with which they inhibited responses given a stop signal. MPH increased response latency but did not reduce errors on the MFFT, and observation of the children's task performance highlighted the interpretive problems associated with this task. Performance on both tasks was better at a dosage of 1.0 mg/kg than at 0.3 mg/kg.
- Keywords
Arousal, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Compulsive Behavior, Discrimination Learning, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Inhibition (Psychology), Male, Methylphenidate, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Randomized Controlled Trials, Reaction Time
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