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. 2023 Jan 14;22(1):129–149. doi: 10.1002/wps.21037

Table 5.

Candidate neurophysiological biomarkers investigated in at least two studies, with at least one positive finding, in relation to attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Biomarker Number of significant effects Number of non‐significant effects Direction Rate of replication (%)
MEG/EEG measures
N2 amplitude 4 0 Four increased 100
Contingent negative variation (CNV) amplitude 2 0 Two increased 100
Mismatch negativity (MMN) latency 2 0 Two increased 100
Gamma coherence 2 0 Two decreased 100
P3 amplitude 6 3 Six decreased 67
Mismatch negativity (MMN) amplitude 2 1 Two increased 67
Alpha clustering coefficient 2 1 Two decreased 67
Alpha path length 2 1 Two decreased 66
Delta power 10 2 Six increased, four decreased 50
Alpha coherence 2 0 One increased, one decreased 50
Theta/beta ratio 5 7 Five increased 42
Alpha power 13 6 Five increased, eight decreased 42
Theta power 5 9 Five increased 36
P3 latency 1 2 One increased 33
Gamma power 2 4 Two decreased 33
Alpha peak frequency 1 2 One decreased 33
Alpha asymmetry 2 4 Two increased 33
Theta coherence 3 0 One increased, two decreased 33
Beta power 9 11 Four increased, five decreased 25
Actigraphy
Activity level 2 0 Increased 100
Oculomotor measures and visual attention
Exploration of social information 1 2 One increased 33
Visual attention orienting 3 5 Two increased, one decreased 25
Pupillometry
Pupil diameter changes 1 1 One decreased 50

MEG – magnetoencephalography, EEG – electroencephalography