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- Title
Methylphenidate and the Activity of Hyperactives in the Informal Setting.
- Authors
Ellis, M. J.; Witt, Peter A.; Reynolds, Ronald; Sprague, Robert L.
- Abstract
The ingestion of methylphenidate has been found to have beneficial effects on the classroom behavior of hyperactive children. Yet data from two preliminary studies suggested that it does not disturb the behavior of hyperactive children playing in an informal setting. From a photographic record, multiple measures related to activity and distractibility were derived and used to test for the effects of 0.10, 0.30, and 1.00 mg/kg of methylphenidate relative to that of a placebo. There were no discriminable effects. It was presumed that methylphenidate's action does not influence energy expenditure patterns but that its mode of action involves attentional mechanisms. Methylphenidate seems to improve tractability and learning in situations involving dear-cut task demands and high compliance, yet leaves informal behavior undisturbed.
- Subjects
HYPERACTIVE children; CLASSROOMS; BEHAVIOR; EXCEPTIONAL children; LEARNING; CHILD development
- Publication
Child Development, 1974, Vol 45, Issue 1, p217
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1127774