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ArticleBrain sciences2022

Clinical Utility of Eye Tracking in Assessing Distractibility in Children with Neurological Disorders or ADHD: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Dirk J J Sweere, Johan J M Pel, Marlou J G Kooiker, Johannes P van Dijk, Elizabeth J J M van Gemert, Petra P M Hurks, Sylvia Klinkenberg, R Jeroen Vermeulen, Jos G M Hendriksen

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Article in Brain sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dirk J J SweereKempenhaeghe Centre for Neurological Learning Disabilities, 5591 VE Heeze, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2921-362X
Johan J M PelErasmus Medical Centre, Vestibular and Oculomotor Research Group, Department of Neuroscience, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7618-0413
Marlou J G KooikerErasmus Medical Centre, Vestibular and Oculomotor Research Group, Department of Neuroscience, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Johannes P van DijkAcademic Centre for Epilepsy Kempenhaeghe, 5591 VE Heeze, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6188-2973
Elizabeth J J M van GemertAcademic Centre for Epilepsy Kempenhaeghe, 5591 VE Heeze, The Netherlands.
Petra P M HurksFaculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4366-3707
Sylvia KlinkenbergKempenhaeghe Centre for Neurological Learning Disabilities, 5591 VE Heeze, The Netherlands.
R Jeroen VermeulenFaculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3503-3625
Jos G M HendriksenKempenhaeghe Centre for Neurological Learning Disabilities, 5591 VE Heeze, The Netherlands.
Maastricht University · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NLKempenhaeghe · NLMaastricht University Medical Centre · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to investigate distractibility quantified by recording and analyzing eye movements during task-irrelevant distraction in children with and without ADHD and in children with and without neurological disorders. Gaze behavior data and press latencies of 141 participants aged 6−17 that were collected during a computerized distraction paradigm with task-irrelevant stimuli (IDistrack) were analyzed. Children using attention-regulating medication were excluded from participation. Data were analyzed for subgroups that were formed based on the presence of neurological disorders and the presence of ADHD separately. Participants with ADHD and participants with neurological disorders spent less time fixating on the target stimuli compared to their peers without ADHD (p = 0.025) or their peers without neurological disorders (p < 0.001). Participants with and without ADHD had equal press latencies (p = 0.79). Participants with neurological disorders had a greater press latency compared to their typically developing peers (p < 0.001). Target fixation duration shows a significant association with parent-reported attention problems (r = −0.39, p < 0.001). We conclude that eye tracking during a distraction task reveals potentially valid clinical information that may contribute to the assessment of dysfunctional attentional processes. Further research on the validity and reliability of this paradigm is recommended.

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ADHDassessmentchildrendistractibilityeye trackingneurological disorders

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PMID36291303
PMCPMC9599566
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