Creative thinking in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

A widened attentional focus, that is typically associated with ADHD, has been postulated to be accompanied by enhanced creative ability. However, creativity has been only limitedly examined in ADHD. Performance across several creativity measures were investigated in three groups: adolescents with ADHD, those with conduct disorder, and a healthy control sample. The ADHD group exhibited selective cognitive advantages and disadvantages by demonstrating an enhanced ability in overcoming the constraining influence of examples, but a reduced capacity to generate a functional invention during an imagery task. These findings are interpreted with reference to inhibitory control mechanisms and the contextual modulation of creative cognition. unknown unknown

以往研究推测，与注意缺陷多动障碍（Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder，ADHD）相关的扩大化注意力范围，往往伴随创造力的提升。然而，目前针对ADHD患者的创造力相关研究仍较为有限。本研究针对三组被试开展了多项创造力测评任务的表现评估，分别为ADHD青少年组、品行障碍青少年组与健康对照样本组。结果显示，ADHD组表现出选择性的认知优势与劣势：其在克服范例约束性影响的能力上有所提升，但在表象任务中生成功能性发明的能力却出现下降。本研究结合抑制控制机制与创造性认知的情境调节理论，对上述发现进行了解释。未知未知项