Abnormalities of Rhythmic Finger-Tapping in ADHD

Abstract

A finger-tapping test requiring rhythmic responses to frequencies from 1 to 6Hz was performed in 27 children (21 males, 6 females; aged 6 to 14 years, mean 11 years) diagnosed with ADHD, and in 33 controls at the Shaare Zedeck Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Keywords

• finger-tapping test
• rhythmic responses
• hastening phenomenon