Teachers who were asked to rate classroom behavior reported that cocaine-exposed children showed more problems in 11 of 14 areas, including distractibility, social skills, hyperactivity and disorganization.
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In a Massachusetts General Hospital study of 41 adults with ADHD, the antidepressant desipramine ( Norpramin ) significantly reduced inattention, distractibility, poor impulse control and hyperactivity in 70 percent of patients.
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Symptoms, including a short attention span, restlessness, distractibility and impulsiveness, must result in a significant impairment in school performance or home behavior and must have appeared by the age of 7.
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One study of 2600 children found that early exposure to television ( around age two ) is associated with later attention problems such as inattention, impulsiveness, disorganization, and distractibility at age seven.
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On the Web, distractibility cuts both ways : Banner advertising, for example, is the No . 1 source of revenue, and it's also the No . 1 distraction for users.
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Both are associated with the cause effect have not been confirmed, so it is unclear whether working memory dysfunction leads to ADHD, or ADHD distractibility leads to poor functionality of working memory, or if there is some other connection.
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"These new findings may also help us understand the impulsivity and distractibility observed in children with lead poisoning, " she said . " Very low levels of lead can activate PKC, and this may lead to impaired regulation of behavior ."
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I told them I doubted that ADD was a factor, since children with ADD often display signs of irritability, lack of concentration and a high degree of distractibility from infancy . ( Psychological tests had also ruled out any other learning problems .)
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A core group of kids do have a distinct attention abnormality, but Ritalin worked so well-- it can reduce distractibility even in perfectly normal children-- that now almost any " difficult " child is considered for the diagnosis and drug.
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Anywa, the page actually linked to says " it is characterized primarily by inattention, easy distractibility, disorganization, procrastination, forgetfulness . . " So, well, . . um, oh look, cows . talk ) 09 : 23, 25 March 2010 ( UTC)
