ADHD Research

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The author of this paper was the laboratory assistant of Dr. Ken Moan, a leader in research on sufferers of ADHD whose area of interest is in the nervous system reactivity of children with ADHD. When placed in this stressful situation, the ADHD child's nervous system overcompensates, causing the child to be highly aroused in situations where it is inappropriate. The paper describes an experiment where children were placed in a stressful situation. It looks at the research proposal, method and results. It also includes a full experiment protocol as an appendix.

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"Moan is now a School Psychologist, so this research seemed particularly important to his field. I began this project with little knowledge of the underlying causes of ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder). In fact, I knew the condition as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), another condition that varies from ADHD in that children with ADHD have difficulties with hyperactivity and impulsivity, as well as inattention (Slavin, 1997). In Ken Moan's Thesis, Differential Reactivity and the Relationship to ADHD and non-ADHD Subjects, inattention in ADHD children is apparent by the child being distracted easily, not completing tasks, having trouble organizing work and requiring a larger amount of supervision that children at the same developmental level (1996). Moan further states that impulsively and hyperactivity are seem in excessive running and climbing, fidgeting, restlessness, as well as acting before thinking and having difficulty taking turns with other children (1996)."

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