Does reward frequency or magnitude drive reinforcement-learning in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-229

  Luman, Marjolein ^a,b   Van Meel, Catharina S ^c   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^a,b   Sergeant, Joseph A ^a,b   Geurts, Hilde M ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PI Research Ltd   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention problems; Autism; Dopamine; Feedback; Learning; Response acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650588782     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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