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| Title |
What would Karl Popper say? Are current psychological theories of ADHD falsifiable?
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| Published in |
Behavioral and Brain Functions, March 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1744-9081-5-15 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katherine A Johnson, Jan R Wiersema, Jonna Kuntsi |
| Abstract |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common and highly heritable neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorder. Here, we critically review four major psychological theories of ADHD - the Executive Dysfunction, the State Regulation, the Delay Aversion and the Dynamic Developmental - on their abilities to explain all the symptoms of ADHD, their testability and their openness to falsification. We conclude that theoreticians should focus, to a greater extent than currently practiced, on developing refutable theories of ADHD. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 266 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Israel | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 246 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 53 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 27 | 10% |
| Researcher | 21 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 8% |
| Other | 55 | 21% |
| Unknown | 46 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 138 | 52% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 24 | 9% |
| Unknown | 55 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 April 2024.
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#2,762,906
of 25,758,211 outputs
Outputs from Behavioral and Brain Functions
#56
of 416 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,913
of 109,077 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Behavioral and Brain Functions
#2
of 9 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 416 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.8. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its peers.
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