The impact of ADHD symptom severity on reinforcement and punishment learning among adults.
Cogn Neuropsychiatry
; 28(2): 147-161, 2023 03.
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Aberrations in feedback learning are hypothesised to contribute to the behavioural disruptions and impairment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, few studies have evaluated the relation of reward/punishment feedback and ADHD symptom severity on learning. The current study evaluates the differential effects of reward and punishment feedback on learning among adults with elevated ADHD.Methods:
One hundred five participants self-reported their level of current ADHD symptoms and completed an innovative instrumental learning task.Results:
Consistent with predictions, participants with low self-reported ADHD symptom severity benefitted equally from reward and punishment feedback during the learning task, whereas participants with high self-reported symptom severity performed better (indexed by accuracy on learning task) from reward than punishment feedback trials.Conclusions:
Overall, adults with high self-reported symptom severity of ADHD learned more from reward-based feedback, which provides critical implications for motivational theories about ADHD, as well as for treatment protocols. Future work should examine the translatability of results within a treatment setting.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Castigo
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Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cogn Neuropsychiatry
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos