In my search of additional research to corroborate my proposal that electical dermal activity might be used as an objective physiological screening test in ADHD I just came across the following research paper.
"Event-related brain potentials, bilateral electrodermal activity and
Mangina-Test performance in learning disabled/ADHD pre-adolescents
with severe behavioral disorders as compared to age-matched normal
controls"
Constantine A. Mangina, , J. Helen Beuzeron-Mangina and Natalie Grizenko
Montreal Research and Treatment Center and Department of
Neuro-Psychophysiology, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B1
Briefly their study and I quote found that "Furthermore, significant differences between normal and
pathological groups were found in bilateral electrodermal activity
(F1,18=23.86, P<0.001) and on the Mangina-Test performance
(F1,18=75.35, P<0.001). " and "Our present research findings provide an
original and valuable demonstration of an integrative and effective
clinical psychophysiological application of central (ERPs), autonomic
(bilateral electrodermal activity) and neuro-psychometric aspects
(Mangina-Test) which characterize normal and pathological
pre-adolescents and underpin the neurophysiological basis of learning
disabled/ADHD with severe behavioral disorders as opposed to normal
subjects."
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