Effect of Feedback and Practice on Probabilistic Decision Making in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder

Shaare Zedek Medical Center80 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine how feedback and practice affect decision making in adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Participants will have to choose between low and certain outcome and a higher but uncertain outcome, with or without serial feedback after each trial. Participants will perform the task twice to examine practice effects.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

ADHD

Interventions

probabilistic choiceBEHAVIORAL

subjects should choose between low-certain outcome and high-uncertain outcome

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 13 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * ADHD Exclusion Criteria: * Current major depression, * Psychosis, * Autism, * Tourette syndrome

Locations (1)

Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Jerusalem, Israel, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

probabilistic choice

The number of risky outcomes a subject chose on a probabilistic choice paradigm

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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