1 Shalvata Mental Health Care Center, Hod-Hasharon, Israel.
2 Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
J Atten Disord. 2018 Feb;22(3):293-299. doi: 10.1177/1087054715584056. Epub 2015 Apr 28.
The study of ADHD uses various computerized tests to assess cognitive functions. Uncertainty exists regarding the association between deficits found by different tools testing similar or different cognitive functions (e.g., continuous performance tests [CPT] and response inhibition [RI] tests).We hypothesized that different tools that measure continuous performance will be better correlated between themselves than with a tool that examines RI.
Thirty-six adults with ADHD performed two different CPTs and a RI task. We analyzed correlations between different measures examined by the tasks.
There were strong correlations between corresponding measures in the CPTs. Correlations between the results in CPT and the RI task were only minimal.
These findings support the specificity of impairments in different cognitive domains (continuous attention vs. RI) beyond the specific test used in the study of ADHD. Also, these findings strengthen the importance of specific discriminative cognitive domains in ADHD.
ADHD 的研究使用各种计算机测试来评估认知功能。不同工具测试相似或不同认知功能（例如，连续性能测试[CPT]和反应抑制[RI]测试）时发现的缺陷之间的关联尚不确定。我们假设，用于测量连续性能的不同工具彼此之间的相关性将优于用于检查 RI 的工具。
36 名 ADHD 成人进行了两种不同的 CPT 和 RI 任务。我们分析了任务检查的不同测量值之间的相关性。
CPT 中对应测量值之间存在很强的相关性。CPT 结果与 RI 任务之间的相关性仅为最小。
这些发现支持在 ADHD 研究中使用的特定测试之外，不同认知领域（连续注意力与 RI）的损伤的特异性。此外，这些发现加强了 ADHD 中特定区分认知领域的重要性。
