with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Available online xxxx Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and impairing neuropsychiatric disorder of early onset that is char-acterized by age-inappropriate hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and impulsivity (Durston, 2003). Children with ADHD tend to do poorly generally have difficulties allocating their attention efficiently and, in at least some situations, are more vulnerable to distraction (Kenemans et al., 2005; Van der Stelt et al., 2001; Van Mourik et al., 2007). In school the abilities to selectively attend to the teacher, sustain that attention through a lesson, and inhibit processing of the distracters in the classroom, are critical for learning and school success. Recordings of the electrical activity of the brain provide a nonin-vasive means of assaying the processes underlying selective atten-tion. These have been well-characterized in the literature for bot