This study examined executive functions, motor speed, and language processing in a diverse, preadolescent sample of 93 girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined type, 47 ADHD inattentive type, and 88 age- and ethnicity-matched comparison girls. Testing was performed without stimulant medication. All 10 neuropsychological variables showed significant omnibus subgroup di...

OBJECTIVE We examine the association between exposure to depictions of reckless driving in movies and unsafe driving, modeling inattentive and reckless driving as separate outcomes. METHODS Data were obtained by telephone from 1,630 US adolescents aged 10 to 14 years at baseline who were drivers at a survey 6 years later. Exposure to movie reckless driving was measured based on movies seen fr...

We test the effects of a popular televised source of political humor for young Americans: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. We find that participants exposed to jokes about George W. Bush and John Kerry on The Daily Show tended to rate both candidates more negatively, even when controlling for partisanship and other demographic variables. Moreover, we find that viewers exhibit more cynicism towa...

The behavioral difficulties of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) inattentive type differ from those of children with ADHD combined or hyperactive/impulsive type. Existing evidence-based interventions primarily target the disruptive and impulsive behaviors exhibited by children with ADHD combined and hyperactive/impulsive type. A number of recent advances have been ma...

This paper presents the study of the interstellar medium toward β CMa, a disk sight-line known for its low neutral gas density. This study uses high and medium resolution HST-GHRS spectra including lines from the following species : H i, D i, N i, O i, S ii, S iii, Si ii, Si iii, Si iv, Al ii, Al iii, Fe ii, Mg i, Mg ii, Mn ii, C ii and C iv. The line of sight to β CMa (153 pc) is dominated by ...

What is attention? On one influential position, attention constitutively the selection of some stimulus for coupling with a response. Wayne Wu has proposed master argument this position that relies on claim cognitive science commits to an empirical sufficient condition (ESC), according which, if subject S perceptually selects (or response-couples) X guide performance experimental task T, she th...