More than off-task: Increased freely-moving thought in ADHD.

ABSTRACT: Off-task thought has been found to occur at high rates and is related to impairment in ADHD. However, off-task thought is heterogenous and it remains unclear which specific dimensions of off-task thought are more prevalent in this disorder. It is therefore important to dissociate different aspects of off-task thought in order to better understand the mechanisms underlying impairment. The current study focused on the dimension of constrained (focused) to freely moving off-task thought. Self-report and neurophysiological measures during a computerized attention tasks provided convergent evidence that individuals with ADHD not only have more off-task thought than those without, but also engaged in a greater proportion of freely moving off-task thought than non-ADHD controls. Overall, this wor

SUBMITTER: Alperin BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442616 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature