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. 2013 Jun 20;8(6):e67002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067002

Table 4. Measures of Task Performance.

ADHD R− ADHD R+ CON R− CON R+ Diagnostic Group Reward Diagnostic Group × Reward
(n = 18) (n = 20) (n = 20) (n = 20)
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) F
SST
 MDRT 448.66 (97.39) 436.38 (103.89) 438.15 (78.59) 422.85 (82.32) 0.00 0.62 0.00
 SDRT 126.28 (44.19) 113.44 (45.00) 118.09 (75.86) 95.06 (28.91) 0.62 2.35 0.15
 SSRT 282.12 (107.81) 265.48 (115.33) 239.61 (66.83) 247.27 (57.42) 1.03 0.09 0.40
 Hits 57.44 (28.04) 57.33 (31.83) 67.42 (38.23) 54.44 (35.39) 0.43 0.77 0.61
 OE 13.56 (17.84) 11.28 (11.42) 5.58 (9.14) 5.44 (4.08) 7.39** 0.14 0.12
n-back
 RT 726.74 (215.06) 735.50 (195.92) 596.70 (170.42) 689.83 (162.75) 1.37 0.42 0.88
 d′ 2.97 (0.52) 3.19 (0.61) 3.75 (0.44) 3.60 (0.48) 20.04*** 0.92 1.75
CPT
 FP 1.28 (1.49) 0.70 (0.92) 0.26 (0.55) 0.85 (1.23) 2.96 0.00 5.40*
 OE 6.94 (15.66) 1.30 (1.49) 0.50 (1.00) 0.63 (0.67) 3.00 2.76 2.95
 MDRT 304.45 (86.41) 385.56 (150.78) 336.17 (56.66) 325.66 (36.80) 0.00 2.26 4.38*
 SDRT 90.48 (67.62) 97.24 (59.02) 69.24 (43.65) 56.26 (21.56) 5.30* 0.12 0.66
Time Discrimination
 ST 217.08 (61.88) 192.38 (57.33) 229.00 (213.02) 168.88 (62.78) 0.04 2.38 0.42
 MRT 860.52 (260.44) 703.29 (258.78) 850.03 (328.68) 682.79 (246.56) 0.98 7.72** 0.00
 SDRT 801.39 (424.80) 528.04 (249.06) 885.39 (545.81) 545.75 (330.78) 0.57 11.57*** 0.10
Time Reproduction
 ERR 3394.93 2651.88 1587.36 2092.64 14.66*** 0.08 3.56
(1653.16) (1796.32) (675.55) (1222.55)
 AS 0.96 (0.08) 0.94 (0.09) 1.00 (0.07) 0.95 (0.05) 2.77 4.81* 0.78
Delay Aversion
 DUR 55.46 (25.07) 70.24 (22.92) 76.00 (25.84) 97.14 (33.65) 10.73** 8.92** 0.20

ADHD, ADHD group; CON, control group. R−, no financial reward; R+, financial reward. Diagnostic Group, main effect of diagnostic group; Reward, main effect of reward condition; Diagnostic Group × Reward, interaction effect of diagnostic group and reward condition. n, number of subjects; M, median; SD, standard deviation. SST, stop-signal task, n-back, n-back task, CPT, continuous performance task; MDRT, median reaction time in the “go”-trials (SST); SDRT, reaction time variability in the “go”-trials (SST); SSRT, stop-signal reaction time (SST); Hits, number of correct inhibitions (SST); OE, omission errors (SST); RT, reaction time for correctly identified targets in milliseconds (n-back); d′, performance accuracy (n-back); FP, false positives (CPT); MDRT, median reaction time for correctly identified targets in milliseconds (CPT); SDRT, standard deviation of reaction time for correctly identified targets in milliseconds (CPT); ST, sensitivity threshold in milliseconds (Time Discrimination); ERR, absolute value of the deviation between specified and produced time interval in milliseconds (Time Reproduction); AS, Accuracy Score (Time Reproduction); DUR, mean trial duration in seconds (Delay Aversion). F, F-value.*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.