Predictive Executive Functioning Models Using Interactive Tangible-Graphical Interface Devices, Phase 2 Trials

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A new company called CogCubed has created a new game based on the Sifteo Cube (http://www.sifteo.com) platform. These new hands-on digitized cubes are unique, motion-sensitive wireless blocks that contain multiple sensors that can interact with one another. CogCubed is providing the data for this study. The game will be played in a 30 minute sessions by subjects ages 6-17. Subjects recruited to play the game will be those with ADHD and those without, matched by gender and age. Those with comorbidities of developmental delay, mental retardation, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and substance use disorders will be excluded, as well as any physiological disability that affects upper limb movement and/or coordination. Informed consent will be obtained from parents and patient prior to administering the game. Parents will fill out a Conner's Brief Rating Scale and a Conner's Brief Rating Scale, Teacher's version will also be supplied to be filled out at school. The hypothesis is that by analyzing data generated from this new gaming platform named Sifteo for which a game was created, which uses auditory and visual stimuli and distracters, the investigators expect that they will be able to provide a more accurate profile of impulsivity and inattention.

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