abandonment

This project aims at validating a new neuropsychological test to measure voluntary and involuntary attention for clinical use to diagnose attentional deficits.

This project proposes:

• a test-retest procedure in healthy subjects aged from 6 to 90 year-old;
• testing in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients before psychostimulant treatment;
• testing in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients before psychostimulant treatment.

Inclusion Criteria:

healthy major participants:

• Age from 18 to 90 year-old
• Informed consent to participate in the study
• No neurological or psychiatric disorder
• No history of neuro-psychiatric disorder or neurodevelopmental type dysphasia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder

healthy minor participants:

• Age from 6 to 17 year-old
• Informed consent of parents or guardians for the child's participation in the study
• No neurological or psychiatric disorder
• No history of neuro-psychiatric disorder or neurodevelopmental type dysphasia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, Attention deficit disorder

ADHD minor patients:

• Age from 6 to 17 year-old
• Informed consent of parents or guardians for the child's participation in the study
• ADHD Diagnosis with or without hyperactivity
• No psychiatric history other than ADHD.
• For Experience 3: treatment in progress.

Exclusion Criteria:

healthy major participants

• Age below 18 or above 90 year-old
• unaffiliated or non-beneficiaries of the social security scheme

healthy minor participants:

• Age below 6 or above 18 year-old
• unaffiliated or non-beneficiaries of the social security scheme

ADHD minor patients:

• Age below 6 or above 18 year-old
• unaffiliated or non-beneficiaries of the social security scheme