ADHD 'can be diagnosed in minutes'
Liz Fox
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
A simple ten-minute eye test can be used to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pre-school children with 93 per cent accuracy, say scientists from Brunel University. During the study, researchers asked 64 four- to six-year-olds to follow the movement of a spot of light on a computer screen. They found that children with ADHD displayed erratic patterns of eye movement.
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