ADD Research
Research Relating To Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder & Learning Disabilities

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  1. A Pilot Investigation of Auditory and Visual Entrainment of Brain Wave Activity in Learning Disabled Boys, Texas Researcher, Vol. 4, Winter 1993, 65-73, John L. Carter, Harold L. Russell.
  2. Spectral Analysis of EEG Differences Between Children With and Without Learning Disabilities, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol.18, No. 7, August/September 1985 J.F. Lubar, PhD, K.J. Bianchini, BA, W.H. Calhoun, PhD, E.W. Lambert, PhD, Z.H. Brody, MA and H.S. Shabsin, PhD.
  3. The Dopamine Theory of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1991, 25, 277-283, Florence Levy MBBS, MC, FRANZCP, Senior Staff Paediatric Psychiatrist.
  4. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of EEG Neurofeedback Training for ADHD in a Clinical Setting as Measured by Changes in T.O.V.A. Scores, Behavioral Ratings, and WISC-R Performance, Joel F. Lubar, Michie Odle Swartwood, Jeffery N. Swartwood, Phyllis H. O'Donnell.
  5. Brain Metabolism in Teenagers With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Arch Gen Psychiatry/Vol 50, May 1993, Alan J. Zametkin, MD; Laura L. Liebenauer; Glinda A. Fitzgerald; Anna c. King; Darian V. Minkunas; Peter Hersovitch, MD; Emily M. Yamada; Robert M. Cohen, MD, PhD.
  6. The Neurobiology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Synopsis, Psychiatric Annals, 19:11, Nov. 1989, 584-586, Alan J. Zametkin, MD.
  7. Brainwave Signatures - An Index Reflective of the Brain's Functional Neuroanatomy: Further Findings on the Effect of EEG Sensorimotor Rhythm Biofeedback Training on the Neurologic Precursors of Learning Disabilities, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 31 (1985) 85-99, Michael A. Tansey.
  8. Genetic and Neurobiological Aspects of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder: A Review, J. Psychiart Neurosci, Vol 19, No. 3, 1994, Lily Hechtman, M.D.
  9. Clinical Patterns of ADHD: A Treatment Model Based on Brain Functioning, Comprehensive Therapy, 1994, 20(2), 106-112, Robert D. Hunt, MD, Robert Hoehn, MD, Karen Jones Stephens, BA, William Riley, BA, Cheri Osten, BA.
  10. Neurobiological Basis of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), School Psychology Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1991, 174-186, George W. Hynd, Kelly L. Hern, Kytja K. Voeller, Richard M. Marshall.
  11. Visual Attention to and Comprehension of Television in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disordered and Normal Boys, Child Development, 1992, 63 928 - 937, Steven Landau, Elizabeth Pugzles Lorch and Richard Milich.
  12. EEG, Topographic Brain Mapping, Diagnosis and Biofeedback Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders, Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Joel F. Lubar, Ph.D.
  13. Training Visual Attention, Paper presented to "Friends of the Sensorially Deprived", Jan. 30, 1974, Thomas B. Mulholland.
  14. Altertness and Attention: Basic Science and Electrophysiologic Correlates, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 1992 America Electroencephalographic Society, Barry S. Oken and Martin Salinsky.
  15. Contrasting Cognitive Deficits in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Versus Reading Disability, Developmental Psychology (1993), Vol. 29, No. 3, 511-523, Bruce F. Pennington, Dena Groisser, and Marilyn C. Welsh.
  16. EEG Alpha Activity Reflects Attentional Demands, and Beta Activity Reflects Emotional and Cognitive Processes, Science, Vol. 228 (1985), Ray W.J.
  17. Intelligence, Academic Achievement, and EEG Abnormalities in Hyperactive Children, Am J Psychiatry 131:4, April 1974, James H. Satterfield, M.D., Dennis P. Cantwell, M.D., Ronald E. Saul, M.D., Alvin Yusin, M.D.
  18. Neuropsychological Test Performance and the Attention Deficit Disorders: Clinical Utility of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery - Children's Revision, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989, Vol 57, No. 1, 112 - 116, Elizabeth A. Schaughency, Benjamin B. Lahey and George W. Hynd, Penny A. Stone, John Piacentini, Paul Frick.
  19. Attention of Hyperactive Preschool Children - Electrodermal Activity During Auditory Stimulation, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1990, 70, 235-242, Masamitsu Shibagaki and Tadashige Yamanka.
  20. Nonmedical Treatment of ADHD/Hyperactivity: The Attention Training System, Journal of School Psychology, 1991, Vol 29, 151-159, Michael Gordon, David Thomason, Shermie Cooper, Clifford L. Ivers.
  21. Commentary: The Myth of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 7, Oct. 1992, Gerald S. Golden, M.D.
  22. Quantitative Morphology of the Corpus Callosum in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Am J Psychiatry 151:5, May 1994, Jay N. Giedd, M.C., F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D., B.J. Casey, PhD., Patricia Kozuch, B.A., A. Catherine King, Susan D. Hamburger, M.A., M.S., and Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.
  23. Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies with Youth: Guiding Theory Current Status and Emerging Developments, Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 1993, Vol. 61, No 2, 235-247, Philip C. Kendall.
  24. Electroencephalographic Analysis of Behaviour Problem Children, Am J of Psychiatry V 95 1938., Herbert H. Jasper, D., Philip Solomon, M.D., and Charles Bradley, M.D.
  25. EEG Patterns During ‘Cognitive' Tasks. II Analysis of Controlled Tasks, Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1979, 47: 704-710, A.S. Gevins, G.M. Zeitlin, J.C. Doyle, R.E. Schaffer and E. Callaway.
  26. EEG Spectra in Dyslexic and Normal Readers During Oral and Silent Reading, Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 82 (1992) 87-101, D. Galin, J. Raz, G. Fein, J. Johnstone, J. Herron, and C. Yingling
  27. Attention and the EEG Alpha Rhythm in Learning Disabled Children, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 11 (5), 1978, 303-312, Peter W. Fuller, Ph.D.
  28. Biological Correlates of Impulsive Disruptive Behaviour Disorders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder, New Directions for Mental Health Services No. 54, Summer 1992, Josephine Elia, David M. Stoff, Emil F. Coccaro.
  29. Drug Treatment for Hyperactive Children, Therapeutic Guidelines, Practical Therapeutics, Drugs,46 (5): 863-871, 1993, Josephine Elia.
  30. Neurobiological Correlates of Learning Disorders, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1989, Vol. 28 (3) 314-318, Drake D. Duane, M.D.
  31. Genetic and Neurobiological Aspects of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder: A Review, J Psychiatr Neurosci, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1994, Lily Hechtman, M.D.
  32. A RandomDipole Model for Spontaneous Brain Activity, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 8, August 1992, Jan C. deMunck, Peter C.M. Vijn, and Fernando H. Lopes da Silva
  33. Micro-Processor-Based Assessment of Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD), Psychopharmacology Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1986, Michael Gordon, Ph.D.
  34. Hemispheric Activity of 40 Hz EEG During Recall of Emotional Events: Differences Between Low and High Hypnotizables, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 5 (1987) 167-180, Vilfredo DePascalis, Francesco S. Marucci, Pietronilla M. Penna and Eliano Pessa.
  35. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Creativity - What's the Connection?, The Journal of Creative Behaviour, Vol 28, Number 3, Third Quarter 1994, Bonnie Cramond.
  36. Neurological Causes of Learning Disabilities, Seminars in Neurology, Vol.11, No.1, March 1991, Bruce H. Cohen, M.D.
  37. Behavioural and Cognitive Subtypes of ADHD, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1989, Gerald J. August, Ph.D., and Barry D. Garfinkel, M.D., F.R.C.P.
  38. The Assessment of Attention: I Standardization and Reliability of a Behavior-Based Measure, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 44, No. 5, Sept. 1988, Michael Gordon, Barbara Bilinski Mettelman.
  39. Pemoline and Urinary Excretion of Catecholamines and Indoleamines in Children with Attention Deficit Disorder, Am J Psychiatry, March 1986, Vol. 143:3, 359-362, Alan J. Zametkin, M.D., Markku Linnoila, M.D., Ph.D., Farouk Karoum, Ph.D., Randy Sallee, M.D.
  40. Foods and Additives are Common Causes of the Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Children, Annals of Allergy, November 18, 1993, Marvin Boris, M.D. and Francine S. Mandel, PhD.
  41. Optimal Stimulation as Theoretical Basis of Hyperactivity, Amer J. Orthopsychiat. 45(4), July 1975, Sydney Zentall, PhD.
  42. EEG Biofeedback and Learning Disabilities, Theory into Practice, Volume 24, No. 2, Joel F. Lubar.
  43. Oculomotor Activity and the Alpha Rhythm, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1990, 70, 1099-1104, G. Ulrich
  44. Electroencephalographic Biofeedback of SMR and Beta for Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorders in a Clinical Setting, Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1984, Judith Lubar, Joel F. Lubar
  45. Quantative Analysis of EEG in Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Controlled Study with Clinical Implications, Pediatric Neurology ,Vol. 8. No. 1, Christopher A. Mann, PhD, Joel F. Lubar, PhD, Andrew W. Zimmerman, MD, Christopher A. Miller, MD, and Robert A. Muenchen, MS
  46. Attention Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Hearing Loss, A Survey, AJDC, Vol. 147, July 1993, Desmond P. Kelly, MD; Brian Kelly, MD, Michael L. Jones, PhD; Nancy J. Moulton, MS; Steven J. Verhulst, PhD; Sabra A. Bell.
  47. Validity of Electrode Placement at Fpz to Detect Alpha Wave, The Japanese Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 46, No. 4, 1992, Tomoyuki Kawada, MD, Yasuo Kiryu, M.D., Shigenobu Aoki, Ph.D. and Shosuke Suzuki, M.D.
  48. EEG Sensorimotor Rhythm Biofeedback Training: Some Effects on the Neurologic Precursors of Learning Disabilities, International Journal of Psychophysiology 1 (1984) 163-177, Michael A. Tansey.
  49. Discourse on the Development of EEG Diagnostics and Biofeedback for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders, Biofeedback and Self-Regulation,Vol. 16, No. 3, 1991, Joel F. Lubar.
  50. Using the WISC-R Freedom From Distractibility Factor to Identify Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children Referred For Psychoeducational Assessment, Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1993, Vol. 9, No. 1, 91-98, Dwayne D. Kostura,
  51. Differences in Baseline EEG Measures for ADD and Normally Achieving Preadolescent Males, Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1995, 65-82, Troy Janzen, Ken Graap, Stephan Stephanson, Wilma Marshall, George Fitzsimmons.
  52. Therapy for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Office Nurse, November/December 1992, 7-11, Margaret D. Tennis, John C. Woerner, M.D.
  53. Attention Deficit Disorder and Food Intolerance, Can Med Assoc J, 1992, 147 (12) 1755, Jerry Dolovich, M.D.
  54. Cognitive Training in ADHD Children: Less to it Than Meets the Eye, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 24, No. 4, April 1991, Howard Abikoff.
  55. Managing Attention Disorders in Children, 1990, Sam Goldstein, Michael Goldstein.
  56. Rock Music as Therapy for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder: An Exporatory Study, Journal of Music Therapy, Vol. 23 (1), 30-37, 1986, Frances F. Cripe.
  57. 35 Good Things About Having A.D.D. by the Learning Center.
  58. Some Commonly Asked Questions About the David Paradise as a Non-Drug Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder, by Mind Alive Inc.