EEG Global Coherence in Scholar ADHD Children during Visual Object Processing

Loyda Hernández-Andrade, Ana Cristina Hermosillo-Abundis, Brenda Lesly Betancourt-Navarrete, Diane Ruge, Carlos Trenado, Rafael Lemuz-López, Héctor Juan Pelayo-González, Vicente Arturo López-Cortés, María del Rosario Bonilla-Sánchez, Marco Antonio García-Flores and Ignacio Méndez-Balbuena
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Loyda Hernández-Andrade: Facultad de Psicología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico
Ana Cristina Hermosillo-Abundis: Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, San Andres Cholula 72810, Mexico
Brenda Lesly Betancourt-Navarrete: Facultad de Psicología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico
Diane Ruge: Instiute of Neurology, University College London (UCL), Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
Carlos Trenado: Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurosciences Cliniques (LRENC), 34000 Montpellier, France
Rafael Lemuz-López: Facultad de Ciencias de la Computación, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico
Héctor Juan Pelayo-González: Facultad de Psicología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico
Vicente Arturo López-Cortés: Facultad de Psicología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico
María del Rosario Bonilla-Sánchez: Facultad de Psicología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico
Marco Antonio García-Flores: Facultad de Psicología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico
Ignacio Méndez-Balbuena: Facultad de Psicología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72000, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-24

Abstract: Among neurodevelopmental disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the main cause of school failure in children. Notably, visuospatial dysfunction has also been emphasized as a leading cause of low cognitive performance in children with ADHD. Consequently, the present study aimed to identify ADHD-related changes in electroencephalography (EEG) characteristics, associated with visual object processing in school-aged children. We performed Multichannel EEG recordings in 16-year-old children undergoing Navon’s visual object processing paradigm. We mapped global coherence during the processing of local and global visual stimuli that were consistent, inconsistent, or neutral. We found that Children with ADHD showed significant differences in global weighted coherence during the processing of local and global inconsistent visual stimuli and longer response times in comparison to the control group. Delta and theta EEG bands highlighted important features for classification in both groups. Thus, we advocate EEG coherence and low-frequency EEG spectral power as prospective markers of visual processing deficit in ADHD. Our results have implications for the development of diagnostic interventions in ADHD and provide a deeper understanding of the factors leading to low performance in school-aged children.

Keywords: ADHD; EEG; coherence; visual perception; school-aged children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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