Dovis, van der Oord, Wiers, & Prins (2012). Can motivation normalize working memory and task persistence in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? The effects of money and computer-gaming.” – Article summary

Visuospatial working memory (WM) is the most impaired executive function in children with ADHD. Incentives improve the working memory performance of children with ADHD but does not normalize it. Children with ADHD showed a decrease in performance over time. The strongest incentives normalized the persistence of performance in children with ADHD. Executive and motivational deficits give rise to visuospatial working memory deficits in ADHD. The problems in task persistence result from motivational deficits.

Executive functions allow individuals to regulate their behaviour, thoughts and emotions. It allows for self-control. Children with ADHD show impairments in behavioural inhibition and working memory, especially visuospatial working memory. Visuospatial working memory refers to the ability to maintain and manipulate and reorganize visual-spatial information. An impairment of this leads to a child with ADHD having problems remembering what he was doing and what he has to do to reach the goal.

However, it is also possible that motivational deficits are a core problem in ADHD. This states that children with ADHD are less stimulated by reinforcement than typically developing children. This leads to the children being not motivated enough to function on a normal level. Deficits in executive functioning are believed to be the result of the abnormal reinforcement sensitivity.

The elevated reward threshold states that children with ADHD could reach optimal or normal performance but require much higher levels of reinforcement to reach this than for typically developing children.

The difference between ADHD children and typically developing children was smaller when incentives were used. Incentives improved the performance of children with ADHD. Children with ADHD showed lower performance in all conditions than the controls. For the children with ADHD, only strong incentives (e.g. money or gaming) can reduce the effects of time (i.e. playing for a long time) on task performance.

Children with ADHD showed a decrease in performance over time and strong incentives were unable to normalize their performance. However, strong incentives were able to normalize their persistence of performance. This means that the children with ADHD’s performance persisted longer over time with stronger incentives. The typically developing children did not show a drop in performance over time.

Children with ADHD required stronger incentives to reach a better performance and controls only needed feedback as an incentive to reach optimal performance. This provides evidence for the abnormal reinforcement sensitivity of children with ADHD. It is possible that the effects of reinforcement differ per executive function.

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Clinical Developmental & Health Psychology – Full course summary (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM)

This bundle contains all the information needed for the for the course "Clinical Developmental & Health Psychology" given at the University of Amsterdam. It contains lecture information, information from the relevant books and all the articles. The following is included

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Del Giudice (2016). The evolutionary future of psychopathology.” – Article summary
Geeraerts et al. (2018). Individual differences in visual attention and self-regulation: A multimethod longitudinal study from infancy to toddlerhood.” – Article summary
Hunnius (2007). The early development of visual attention and its implications for social and cognitive development.” – Article summary
Li, van Vught, & Colarelli (2018). Corrigendum: The evolutionary mismatch hypothesis: Implications for psychological science.” – Article summary
Dovis, van der Oord, Wiers, & Prins (2012). Can motivation normalize working memory and task persistence in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? The effects of money and computer-gaming.” – Article summary
Franke et al. (2018). Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan.” – Article summary
“Hudson et al. (2019). Early childhood predictors of anxiety in early adolescence.” – Article summary
Telman, van Steensel, Maric, & Bögels (2018). What are the odds of anxiety disorders running in families? A family study of anxiety disorders in mothers, fathers, and siblings of children with anxiety disorders.” – Article summary
Bögels et al. (2014). Mindful parenting in mental health care: Effects on parental and child psychopathology, parental stress, parenting, coparenting and marital functioning.”
Bögels, Lehtonen, & Restifo (2010). Mindful parenting in mental health care.” – Article summary
Boyer et al. (2016). Qualitative treatment-subgroup interactions in a randomized clinical trial of treatments for adolescents with ADHD: Exploring what cognitive-behavioural treatment works for whom.” – Article summary
Daley et al. (2014). Behavioural interventions in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials across multiple outcome domains.” – Article summary
Cousijn, Luijten, & Feldstein (2018). Adolescent resilience to addiction: A social plasticity hypothesis.” – Article summary
“Kong et al. (2015). Re-training automatic actin tendencies to approach cigarettes among adolescent smokers: A pilot study.” – Article summary
“Marsch & Borodovsky (2016). Technology-based interventions for preventing and treating substance use among youth.” – Article summary
“Bexkens et al. (2019). Peer-influence on risk-taking in male adolescent with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and/or behavior disorder.” – Article summary
“Peltopuro et al. (2014). Borderline intellectual functioning: A systematic literature review.” – Article summary
“Seidenberg (2017). Language at the speed of sight.” – Article summary
“Doebel (2020). Rethinking executive function and its development.” – Article summary
“Michaelson & Munakata (2020). Same data set, different conclusions: Preschool delay of gratification predicts later behavioral outcomes in a preregistered study.” – Article summary
“Schneider & McGrew (2012). The Catell-Horn-Carroll Model of intelligence.” – Article summary
“Brosschot, Verkuil, & Thayer (2017). Exposed to events that never happened: Generalized unsafety, the default stress response, and prolonged autonomic activity.” – Article summary
“Lindenberger (2014). Human cognitive aging: Corriger la fortune?” – Article summary
“Wesarg et al. (2020). Identifying pathways from early adversity to psychopathology: A review on dysregulated HPA axis functioning” – Article summary
“Wylie, Ridderinkhof, Bashore, & van den Wildenberg (2010). The effect of Parkinson’s disease on the dynamics of on-line and proactive cognitive control during action selection.” – Article summary
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Clinical Developmental & Health Psychology – Article overview (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM)

This bundle contains all the articles included in the course "Clinical Developmental & Health Psychology" given at the University of Amsterdam. The following is included:

  • “Del Giudice (2016). The evolutionary future of
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Del Giudice (2016). The evolutionary future of psychopathology.” – Article summary
Geeraerts et al. (2018). Individual differences in visual attention and self-regulation: A multimethod longitudinal study from infancy to toddlerhood.” – Article summary
Hunnius (2007). The early development of visual attention and its implications for social and cognitive development.” – Article summary
Li, van Vught, & Colarelli (2018). Corrigendum: The evolutionary mismatch hypothesis: Implications for psychological science.” – Article summary
Dovis, van der Oord, Wiers, & Prins (2012). Can motivation normalize working memory and task persistence in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? The effects of money and computer-gaming.” – Article summary
Franke et al. (2018). Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan.” – Article summary
“Hudson et al. (2019). Early childhood predictors of anxiety in early adolescence.” – Article summary
Telman, van Steensel, Maric, & Bögels (2018). What are the odds of anxiety disorders running in families? A family study of anxiety disorders in mothers, fathers, and siblings of children with anxiety disorders.” – Article summary
Bögels et al. (2014). Mindful parenting in mental health care: Effects on parental and child psychopathology, parental stress, parenting, coparenting and marital functioning.”
Bögels, Lehtonen, & Restifo (2010). Mindful parenting in mental health care.” – Article summary
Boyer et al. (2016). Qualitative treatment-subgroup interactions in a randomized clinical trial of treatments for adolescents with ADHD: Exploring what cognitive-behavioural treatment works for whom.” – Article summary
Daley et al. (2014). Behavioural interventions in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials across multiple outcome domains.” – Article summary
Cousijn, Luijten, & Feldstein (2018). Adolescent resilience to addiction: A social plasticity hypothesis.” – Article summary
“Kong et al. (2015). Re-training automatic actin tendencies to approach cigarettes among adolescent smokers: A pilot study.” – Article summary
“Marsch & Borodovsky (2016). Technology-based interventions for preventing and treating substance use among youth.” – Article summary
“Bexkens et al. (2019). Peer-influence on risk-taking in male adolescent with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and/or behavior disorder.” – Article summary
“Peltopuro et al. (2014). Borderline intellectual functioning: A systematic literature review.” – Article summary
“Seidenberg (2017). Language at the speed of sight.” – Article summary
“Doebel (2020). Rethinking executive function and its development.” – Article summary
“Michaelson & Munakata (2020). Same data set, different conclusions: Preschool delay of gratification predicts later behavioral outcomes in a preregistered study.” – Article summary
“Schneider & McGrew (2012). The Catell-Horn-Carroll Model of intelligence.” – Article summary
“Brosschot, Verkuil, & Thayer (2017). Exposed to events that never happened: Generalized unsafety, the default stress response, and prolonged autonomic activity.” – Article summary
“Lindenberger (2014). Human cognitive aging: Corriger la fortune?” – Article summary
“Wesarg et al. (2020). Identifying pathways from early adversity to psychopathology: A review on dysregulated HPA axis functioning” – Article summary
“Wylie, Ridderinkhof, Bashore, & van den Wildenberg (2010). The effect of Parkinson’s disease on the dynamics of on-line and proactive cognitive control during action selection.” – Article summary

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