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SAGE Publications, Journal of Attention Disorders, 9(25), p. 1302-1310, 2020

DOI: 10.1177/1087054719897806

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Eye Vergence Responses During an Attention Task in Adults With ADHD and Clinical Controls

Journal article published in 2020 by Elizabeth Carolina Jiménez, Claudia Avella-Garcia ORCID, James Kustow, Sally Cubbin, Montse Corrales, Vanessa Richarte, Flavia Lorena Esposito, Imanol Morata, Alexandre Perera ORCID, Paloma Varela, Jose Cañete, Stephen V. Faraone, Hans Supèr, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga
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Abstract

Objective: ADHD patients show poor oculomotor control and recent studies show that attention-related eye vergence is weak in ADHD children. We aimed to assess vergence as a potential diagnostic biomarker for ADHD in adults. Method: We assessed the modulation in the angle of vergence while performing an attention task ( N = 144), comparing the results for adults previously diagnosed with ADHD ( N = 108) with age-matched clinical controls ( N = 36). Results: Significant differences in eye vergence response modulation between clinical controls and ADHD patients were documented. Diagnostic test accuracy was 79%. Conclusion: In combination with an attention task, eye vergence responses could be used as an objective marker to support the clinical diagnosis of adult ADHD.