The differential effect of anxiety and ADHD symptoms on inhibitory control and sustained attention for threat stimuli: A go/no-go eye-movement study
The differential effect of anxiety and ADHD symptoms on inhibitory control and sustained attention for threat stimuli: A go/no-go eye-movement study
Objective: This study examined the synergistic effects of ADHD and anxiety symptoms on attention and inhibitory control depending on the emotional content of the stimuli. Method: Fifty-four typically developing individuals (27 children/adolescents and 27 adults) completed an eye-movement based emotional Go/No-Go task, using centrally presented (happy, angry) faces and neutral/symbolic stimuli. Sustained attention was measured through saccade latencies and saccadic omission errors (Go trials), and inhibitory control through saccadic commission errors (No-Go trials). ADHD and anxiety were assessed dimensionally. Results: Elevated ADHD symptoms were associated with more commission errors and slower saccade latencies for angry (vs. happy) faces. In contrast, angry faces were linked to faster saccade onsets when anxiety symptoms were high, and this effect prevailed when both anxiety and ADHD symptoms were high. Conclusion: Social threat impacted performance in individuals with sub-clinical anxiety and ADHD differently. The effects of anxiety on threat processing prevailed when both symptoms were high.
ADHD, anxiety, response inhibition, sustained attention
Manoli, Athina
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Liversedge, Simon P.
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Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.
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Hadwin, Julie A.
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Manoli, Athina
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Liversedge, Simon P.
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Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.
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Hadwin, Julie A.
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Manoli, Athina, Liversedge, Simon P., Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S. and Hadwin, Julie A.
(2020)
The differential effect of anxiety and ADHD symptoms on inhibitory control and sustained attention for threat stimuli: A go/no-go eye-movement study.
Journal of Attention Disorders.
(doi:10.1177/1087054720930809).
Abstract
Objective: This study examined the synergistic effects of ADHD and anxiety symptoms on attention and inhibitory control depending on the emotional content of the stimuli. Method: Fifty-four typically developing individuals (27 children/adolescents and 27 adults) completed an eye-movement based emotional Go/No-Go task, using centrally presented (happy, angry) faces and neutral/symbolic stimuli. Sustained attention was measured through saccade latencies and saccadic omission errors (Go trials), and inhibitory control through saccadic commission errors (No-Go trials). ADHD and anxiety were assessed dimensionally. Results: Elevated ADHD symptoms were associated with more commission errors and slower saccade latencies for angry (vs. happy) faces. In contrast, angry faces were linked to faster saccade onsets when anxiety symptoms were high, and this effect prevailed when both anxiety and ADHD symptoms were high. Conclusion: Social threat impacted performance in individuals with sub-clinical anxiety and ADHD differently. The effects of anxiety on threat processing prevailed when both symptoms were high.
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Accepted/In Press date: 4 May 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 June 2020
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research project was funded by the University of Southampton’s Vice Chancellor Scholarship and the Solent NHS Trust.
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ADHD, anxiety, response inhibition, sustained attention
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Athina Manoli
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