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Project

Sensitivity for reward in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Code
3F012707
Duration
01 October 2007 → 30 September 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Animal experimental and comparative psychology
    • Applied psychology
    • Biological and physiological psychology
    • Clinical and counseling psychology
    • Cognitive science and intelligent systems
    • Developmental psychology and ageing
    • General psychology
    • Human experimental psychology
    • Other psychology and cognitive sciences
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy
    • Neurosciences
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy
    • Nursing
    • Other paramedical sciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Psychiatry and psychotherapy
Keywords
ADHD fMRI reinforcement autism spectrum disorders reward
 
Project description

In this study, we aspire to a better understanding of the aberrant sensitivity for reinforcement in children with ADHD and the impact of reinforcement on their cognitive performance. The effect of different reinforcement conditions and the neurological maturation of the reward mechanism (via fMRI) will be examined as well. Because of deficits in motivational processes in children with autism spectrum disorders, the aberrant rewardsensitivity will also be studied in this clinical contrast group.