ArticleBehavioural brain research2020
Electrophysiological correlates of spontaneous mind wandering in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
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- Event-related brain oscillations in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2022Pooled it
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- Methylphenidate, Guanfacine, and Combined Treatment Effects on Electroencephalography Correlates of Spatial Working Memory in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Does Mind-Wandering Explain ADHD-Related Impairment in Adolescents?Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Differential effects of a single dose of Lisdexamfetamine and Guanfacine on cognitive function in children with ADHD.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Mapping neural effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in ADHD using EEG microstates and machine learning models.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Alpha event-related decreases during encoding in adults with ADHD - An investigation of sustained attention and working memory processes.Behavioural brain research · 2024Article
- Translating Decades of Neuroscience Research into Diagnostic and Treatment Biomarkers for ADHD.Advances in neurobiology · 2024Review
- Disentangling racing thoughts from mind wandering in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The Role of Alpha Oscillations among the Main Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Adult and Developing Human Brain: Evidence from the Last 10 Years of Research.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Alpha Suppression Is Associated with the Tip-of-the-Tongue (TOT) State Whereas Alpha Expression Is Associated with Knowing That One Does Not Know.Journal of Intelligence · 2022Article
- Treatment biomarkers for ADHD: Taking stock and moving forward.Translational psychiatry · 2022Review
- What Has Been Learned from Using EEG Methods in Research of ADHD?Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022Article
- Event-related brain dynamics during mind wandering in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: An experience-sampling approach.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2022Article
- Context Regulation of Mind Wandering in ADHD.Journal of attention disorders · 2021Article
- More than off-task: Increased freely-moving thought in ADHD.Consciousness and cognition · 2021Article
- Local Oscillatory Brain Dynamics of Mind Wandering in Schizophrenia.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
We recently hypothesised that increased spontaneous mind wandering (MW-S) reflects a core process underlying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Previous studies show that individuals with ADHD and neurotypical individuals with increased MW-S display similar cognitive-performance and electrophysiological (EEG) impairments in attentional processes. However, the cognitive-EEG markers associated with increased MW-S in ADHD remain poorly understood. We therefore investigated such markers in a sample of 69 sex- and age-matched adults with ADHD and 29 controls during the Sustained Attention to Response Task. We compared task performance and EEG measures (P3, time-frequency brain-oscillations) of attentional processes between groups, and examined their association with a validated self-report questionnaire of MW-S. Finally, we tested the hypothesis that MW-S and ADHD diagnosis relate to the same cognitive-EEG impairments using a hierarchical regression model. Compared to controls, adults with ADHD showed attenuations in P3, event-related alpha and beta suppression during response inhibition (No-Go trials), and theta power activations during response execution (Go trials), as well as increased reaction time variability and more commission/omission errors. MW-S was also continuously associated with most cognitive-EEG measures related to ADHD. The hierarchical regressions on measures associated with both ADHD diagnosis and MW-S showed that MW-S did not explain additional variance in the cognitive-EEG markers (except for beta suppression) beyond ADHD diagnosis, and vice versa. These findings are consistent with our hypothesis that ADHD diagnosis and MW-S share common neural deficits, and that MW-S may reflect a core symptom of the disorder.
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