Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-9-2009
Department
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Department
Medicine
Abstract
Objective: To determine whether minimal snoring is benign in children. Procedure: 22 rarely snoring children (mean age = 6.9 years, 11 females) and age- and sex-matched controls participated in an auditory oddball task wearing 128-electrode nets. Parents completed the Conners Parent Rating Scales–Revised Long (CPRS–R:L). Results: Snorers scored significantly higher on four CPRS-R:L subscales. Stepwise regression indicated that two ERP variables from a region of the ERP that peaked at 844 msec post-stimulus onset predicted CPRS-R:L Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Index scores. Conclusions: Occasional snorers, according to parental report, do exhibit ADHD-like behaviors. Basic sensory processing is longer than in controls, suggesting that delayed frontal activation requires more effort in snorers.
Original Publication Information
Maria E. Barnes, Elizabeth A. Huss, Krista N. Garrod, Eric Van Raay, Ehab Dayyat, David Gozal & Dennis L. Molfese (2009) "Impairments in Attention in Occasionally Snoring Children: An Event-Related Potential Study." Developmental Neuropsychology, 34:5, 629-649. doi:10.1080/87565640903133632.
ThinkIR Citation
Barnes, Maria E.; Huss, Elizabeth A.; Garrod, Krista N.; Van Ray, Eric; Dayyat, Ehab; Gozal, David; and Molfese, Dennis L., "Impairments in attention in occasionally snoring children: An event-related potential study." (2009). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 804.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/804
DOI
10.1080/87565640903133632
ORCID
0000-0001-5760-740X
Included in
Behavioral Neurobiology Commons, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Commons, Neurology Commons, Pediatrics Commons
Comments
Originally published with final edits in Developmental Neuropsychology, v. 34, no. 5 (2009). Manuscript submitted by author to PubMed Central Oct. 11, 2012
PMCID: PMC3468947