Department of Health & Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2046, USA.
Hum Mov Sci. 2012 Feb;31(1):255-65. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.05.003. Epub 2011 Aug 17.
Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are thought to have fundamental deficits in the allocation of attention for information processing. Furthermore, it is believed that these children possess a fundamental difficulty in motoric timing, an assertion that has been explored recently in adults and children. In the present study we extend this recent work by fully exploring the classic Wing and Kristofferson (1973) analysis of timing with typically developing children (n=24) and children with ADHD (n=27). We provide clear evidence that not only do children with ADHD have an overall timing deficit, they also time less consistently when using a similar strategy to typically developing children. The use of the Wing and Kristofferson approach to timing, we argue, will result in the discovery of robust ADHD-related timing differences across a variety of situations.
患有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的儿童被认为在信息处理过程中注意力分配存在根本缺陷。此外，人们认为这些儿童在运动定时方面存在根本困难，这一说法最近在成人和儿童中得到了探讨。在本研究中，我们通过对 24 名正常发育儿童和 27 名 ADHD 儿童进行全面的 Wing 和 Kristofferson（1973）定时分析，扩展了最近的研究成果。我们提供了明确的证据，表明 ADHD 儿童不仅存在整体定时缺陷，而且在使用与正常发育儿童相似的策略时，定时也不一致。我们认为，使用 Wing 和 Kristofferson 的定时方法将发现各种情况下与 ADHD 相关的定时差异。
