Simone P Haller1, Joel Stoddard2, David Pagliaccio3, Hong Bui4, Caroline MacGillivray4, Matt Jones5, Melissa A Brotman4. 1. National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: simone.haller@nih.gov. 2. University of Colorado, Aurora. 3. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York. 4. National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 5. University of Colorado, Boulder.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Computational models provide information about cognitive components underlying behavior. When applied to psychopathology-relevant processes, they offer additional insight to observed differences in behavioral performance. Drift diffusion models have been successfully applied to investigate processing efficiency during binary choice tasks. Using these models, we examine the association between psychopathology (irritability and inattention/hyperactivity) and processing efficiency under different attentional demands. METHOD: A total of 187 youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), both disorders, or no major psychopathology (age, mean ± SD, 13.09 ± 2.55 y, 34% female) completed an Eriksen Flanker task. Of these, 87 youths provided complete data on dimensional measures of the core symptom of DMDD (irritability) and those of ADHD (inattention and hyperactivity). RESULTS: In a categorical diagnosis-based analysis (n = 187), we found significant interactive effects among ADHD, DMDD, and task condition on processing efficiency, whereby changes in processing efficiency between conflict and nonconflict conditions were larger in youths without psychopathology compared with patients. Analysis of symptom severity (n = 87) across diagnoses similarly revealed an interaction between symptom dimensions and task condition on processing efficiency. Irritability moderated the magnitude of association between inattention symptoms and difference in processing efficiency between conflict and nonconflict conditions. CONCLUSION: Adapting processing efficiency to cognitive demands may represent a shared cognitive endophenotype for both ADHD and DMDD. Highly irritable and/or inattentive youth may have difficulty adjusting processing efficiency to changing task demands, possibly reflecting impairments in cognitive flexibility. Published by Elsevier Inc.
OBJECTIVE: Computational models provide information about cognitive components underlying behavior. When applied to psychopathology-relevant processes, they offer additional insight to observed differences in behavioral performance. Drift diffusion models have been successfully applied to investigate processing efficiency during binary choice tasks. Using these models, we examine the association between psychopathology (irritability and inattention/hyperactivity) and processing efficiency under different attentional demands. METHOD: A total of 187 youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), both disorders, or no major psychopathology (age, mean ± SD, 13.09 ± 2.55 y, 34% female) completed an Eriksen Flanker task. Of these, 87 youths provided complete data on dimensional measures of the core symptom of DMDD (irritability) and those of ADHD (inattention and hyperactivity). RESULTS: In a categorical diagnosis-based analysis (n = 187), we found significant interactive effects among ADHD, DMDD, and task condition on processing efficiency, whereby changes in processing efficiency between conflict and nonconflict conditions were larger in youths without psychopathology compared with patients. Analysis of symptom severity (n = 87) across diagnoses similarly revealed an interaction between symptom dimensions and task condition on processing efficiency. Irritability moderated the magnitude of association between inattention symptoms and difference in processing efficiency between conflict and nonconflict conditions. CONCLUSION: Adapting processing efficiency to cognitive demands may represent a shared cognitive endophenotype for both ADHD and DMDD. Highly irritable and/or inattentive youth may have difficulty adjusting processing efficiency to changing task demands, possibly reflecting impairments in cognitive flexibility. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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