Trial reportJournal of abnormal child psychology2011
Music and video as distractors for boys with ADHD in the classroom: comparison with controls, individual differences, and medication effects.
Trial report in Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Music on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Potential Application in Serious Video Games: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- A Comparison of Virtual Reality Classroom Continuous Performance Tests to Traditional Continuous Performance Tests in Delineating ADHD: a Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2019Pooled it
- Methylphenidate for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents - assessment of adverse events in non-randomised studies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Exploring the Intersection of ADHD and Music: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Sustained attention and inhibitory control: age and sex related difference in children and adolescents using a CPT with distracting events.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Rhythms of relief: perspectives on neurocognitive mechanisms of music interventions in ADHD.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A New Objective Diagnostic Tool for Attention-Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder (ADHD): Development of the Distractor-Embedded Auditory Continuous Performance Test.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of Background Music on Attentional Networks of Children With and Without Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Case Control Experimental Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- The effect of background sounds on mind wandering.Psychological research · 2023Article
- Mind-Wandering and Childhood ADHD: Experimental Manipulations across Laboratory and Naturalistic Settings.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Article
- Examining the Effect of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation and Cognitive Training on Processing Speed in Pediatric Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Mental health and music engagement: review, framework, and guidelines for future studies.Translational psychiatry · 2021Review
- A Machine-Based Prediction Model of ADHD Using CPT Data.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
- Gender Differences in Objective and Subjective Measures of ADHD Among Clinic-Referred Children.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2019Article
- Effects of multisensory stimuli on inhibitory control in adolescent ADHD: It is the content of information that matters.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2018Article
- Music Interventions and Child Development: A Critical Review and Further Directions.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Review
- Inattention in primary school is not good for your future school achievement-A pattern classification study.PloS one · 2017Article
- Hyperactivity in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Impairing Deficit or Compensatory Behavior?Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2015Article
- Psychiatry and music.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2014Review
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This study examined the effects of music and video on the classroom behavior and performance of boys with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and examined the effects of 0.3 mg/kg methylphenidate (MPH). In one study, 41 boys with ADHD and 26 controls worked in the presence of no distractor, music, or video. Video produced significant distraction, particularly for the boys with ADHD, and MPH improved the performance of boys with ADHD across distractor conditions.There were individual differences in response to the music such that some boys were adversely affected and others benefited relative to no-distractor.In a second study, music and MPH were assessed in an additional 86 boys with ADHD to examine further the music results. In the presence or absence of music, MPH improved performance relative to placebo. Similar individual differences were found as in Experiment 1.
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