Lateralized control of eye movements in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • How does a complex syndrome that involves abnormalities in impulse control and sustained attention influence simple oculomotor responses to visual stimuli? We found that normal children, like adults, were faster in moving their eyes in directions controlled by the right cerebral hemisphere under conditions where there was no warning of the impending target. ADHD children did not show this asymmetry. We speculate that this result reflects a deficit in the vigilance network that serves to maintain the alert state.

publication date

  • January 1, 1991

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0025718801

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1162/jocn.1991.3.4.377

PubMed ID

  • 23967818

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 3

issue

  • 4