Disrupted Attention to Other’s Eyes is Linked to Symptoms of ADHD in Childhood

Brocki, Karin C., 1975- (author): Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi

Halldner, Linda (author): Karolinska Institutet,Umeå universitet,Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri,Department of Clinical Science, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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2022-01-17
2023
English.
In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development. - : Springer. - 0009-398X .- 1573-3327. ; 54:4, s. 973-984

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Abstract Subject headings

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with impaired social interaction. Other’s eyes are important for understanding the social world. Here, we examined concurrent and longitudinal links between attention to other’s eyes and symptoms of ADHD and comorbid externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Eighty-two 8 to 13-year-old children (40% with ADHD) participated. The latency to a first gaze shift to and away from the eye region of human faces, when primed to look at either the eyes or the mouth, was recorded with eye tracking. Parents rated ADHD, externalizing and internalizing symptoms at the time of testing and at 2-year follow-up. The results show that longer looking at the eyes before reorienting was specifically associated with concurrent and future symptoms of inattention, even when accounting for comorbid symptoms. We conclude that the temporal microstructure of attention to other’s eyes is altered in children with symptoms of ADHD, which may contribute to social impairments.

By the author/editor: Frick, Matilda; Brocki, Karin C. ...; Halldner, Linda; Kleberg, Johan L ...

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Psychiatry

By the university: Umeå University; Uppsala University; Karolinska Institutet

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