All Outputs (8)

Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling (2025)
Journal Article
Stein, A., Caulfield, K. A., Singh, M., Riddle, J., Friehs, M. A., Craven, M. P., Groom, M. J., Iyer, K. K., & Barlow, K. M. (2025). Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling. Pediatric Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.06.005

Background
Approximately 1 in 4 children who sustain an acquired brain injury (ABI) have attention difficulties impacting education, employment, and community participation. These difficulties arise from dysfunction in attention-related brain networ... Read More about Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling.

Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial (2025)
Journal Article
Stein, A., Riddle, J., Caulfield, K. A., Dux, P. E., Friehs, M. A., Schroeder, P. A., Craven, M. P., Groom, M. J., Iyer, K. K., & Barlow, K. M. (2025). Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial. Brain Sciences, 15(6), Article 561. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15060561

Background/Objectives: Chronic attention problems occur in approximately 25% of children after acquired brain injury (ABI). When delivered daily, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may improve attention; however, access to daily in-clinic... Read More about Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial.

The power of words: respectful language in ADHD research (2025)
Journal Article
French, B., Dekkers, T. J., Barclay, I., Black, M. H., Bölte, S., Daley, D., Ernst, J., Groom, M., Van Hulst, B. M., De Jong, M., Kaiser, A., Kerner Auch Koener, J., Kuntsi, J., Michelini, G., Price, A., Purper-Ouakil, D., Rijmen, J., Wiersema, J. R., Wynchank, D., & Martin, J. (in press). The power of words: respectful language in ADHD research. Lancet Psychiatry,

Language is powerful. It reflects and shapes our understanding of the difficulties people face, the paradigms in which researchers and clinicians operate, as well as societal perceptions and the expectations of those with lived experiences. Here, we... Read More about The power of words: respectful language in ADHD research.

ImproviNg Tic services in EnglaND: A multi-method study to explore existing healthcare service provision for children and young people with tics and Tourette Syndrome (2025)
Journal Article
Rattu, N. R., Hall, S. S., Hall, C. L., Murphy, T., Kilgariff, J., James, N., McNally, E., Jeayes, A., Khan, K., Rimmer, S., Thomson, L., & Groom, M. J. (in press). ImproviNg Tic services in EnglaND: A multi-method study to explore existing healthcare service provision for children and young people with tics and Tourette Syndrome. BMJ Mental Health,

Background: Timely access to diagnostic assessment and treatment is essential to improve function and mitigate the risk of poor long-term outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with tics.
Objective: This study aimed to explore i) how tic servi... Read More about ImproviNg Tic services in EnglaND: A multi-method study to explore existing healthcare service provision for children and young people with tics and Tourette Syndrome.

A 10-week remote monitoring study of sleep features and their variability in individuals with and without ADHD (2025)
Journal Article
Denyer, H., Carr, E., Deng, Q., Asherson, P., Bilbow, A., Folarin, A., Groom, M. J., Hollis, C., Sankesara, H., Dobson, R. J., & Kuntsi, J. (2025). A 10-week remote monitoring study of sleep features and their variability in individuals with and without ADHD. BMC Psychiatry, 25, Article 294. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06729-z

Background
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often report disturbed sleep, as well as co-occurring symptoms of anxiety and depression. Yet studies employing objective assessments often do not show as many sleep disturbances... Read More about A 10-week remote monitoring study of sleep features and their variability in individuals with and without ADHD.

At-home tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a dose-controlled feasibility study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stein, A., Riddle, J., Caulfield, K., Dux, P., Friehs, M., Schroeder, P., Craven, M., Groom, M., Iyer, K., & Barlow, K. (2025, February). At-home tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a dose-controlled feasibility study. Presented at 6th International Brain Stimulation Meeting, Kobe, Japan

Following acquired brain injury (ABI), 25% of children experience chronic attention difficulties. Repeated transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may improve attention, however daily clinic visits are burdensome due to concurrent therapy, ong... Read More about At-home tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a dose-controlled feasibility study.

The Impact of Motivation on Sustained Attention in Very Preterm and Term-born Children: An ERP Study (2025)
Journal Article
Retzler, J., Groom, M. J., Johnson, S., & Cragg, L. (2025). The Impact of Motivation on Sustained Attention in Very Preterm and Term-born Children: An ERP Study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 29(7), 569-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547251313888

Objective:
To compare the effect of motivational features on sustained attention in children born very preterm and at term.

Method:
EEG was recorded while 34 8-to-11-year-old children born very preterm and 34 term-born peers completed two varian... Read More about The Impact of Motivation on Sustained Attention in Very Preterm and Term-born Children: An ERP Study.

Oculomotor Function in Children and Adolescents with Autism, ADHD or Co-occurring Autism and ADHD (2025)
Journal Article
Forbes, E. J., Tiego, J., Langmead, J., Unruh, K. E., Mosconi, M. W., Finlay, A., Kallady, K., Maclachlan, L., Moses, M., Cappel, K., Knott, R., Chau, T., Sindhu, V. P. M., Bellato, A., Groom, M. J., Kerestes, R., Bellgrove, M. A., & Johnson, B. P. (2025). Oculomotor Function in Children and Adolescents with Autism, ADHD or Co-occurring Autism and ADHD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06718-3

Oculomotor characteristics, including accuracy, timing, and sensorimotor processing, are considered sensitive intermediate phenotypes for understanding the etiology of neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism and ADHD. Oculomotor characteristics... Read More about Oculomotor Function in Children and Adolescents with Autism, ADHD or Co-occurring Autism and ADHD.