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Assignment 2 for Philosophy and Psychology year 2 - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Assignment 2 — Science Communication

From the Hoogman et al. findings to the public — what went wrong?

The study by Hoogman et al. (2017) investigated the differences in brain volume between indivi-

duals with ADHD and a control group. The study claimed that people with ADHD have smaller

brains and that this effect was not due to medications. The study also claimed that its purpose was

to destigmatize the general idea of ADHD being an adjective for children with difficult tempera-

ments and that the cause for such difficulty lies in parenting. However, the study fails to accomplish

that. For starters, the reported effect sizes regarding the volume of certain brain areas were consi-

stently small. For example, Cohen’s d effect size reported for the nucleus accumbens in children

under the age of 15 was .19. This, in terms of percentage, translates into around 58% of children

with ADHD having a below-average accumbens compared to the control group. That is, a slightly

higher percentage of ADHD children is located in the lower half of the scale, and a slightly higher

percentage of non-ADHD children in the upper half of the accumbens measurements. However, the

researchers made it appear as if a considerable difference had been found. Moreover, the Hoogman

et al. (2017) study presented an issue with the omission of valuable data related to IQ scores. The

findings showed that children with ADHD scored higher compared to the control group. The results,

however, are relegated to an appendix which to access is only granted upon request following the

purchase of the paper. This is not only an issue with regards to researchers’ duty of reporting results

, that contradict their claim, but it is also detrimental to the perception of children with ADHD. This

omission, in fact, only encourages the stigma that the study had proposed to eliminate.

What is neurodiversity?

Neurodiversity is the idea that certain neurological differences that are considered as pathological

conditions should be regarded simply as a variation of the human genome. This model tries to in-

troduce the concept of a spectrum across which neurological variations unfold and to challenge the

idea of what is generally accepted and what is not (Robison, 2013). The aim is to relieve conditions

such as Autism or ADHD from the negative connotation of diseases that need to be cured, without

underestimating the impact that these diverse conditions have on individuals with the conditions.

The neurodiversity model’s core principle is not only to alleviate the impairments but to also beco-

me respectful of them and enhance the individuality of people with diversity. Finally, it aims at re-

ducing the stigma and including these differences into society rather than suppress them (Bailin,

2019).

High IQ scores in ADHD cohort from a neurodiversity perspective:

This approach encourages people to view neurodiversity as a contributing asset to society that

should be nourished rather than repressed. An example of this is given by the findings of IQ scores

in children with ADHD in the Hoogman et al. (2017) study. Results showed that children in the

ADHD cohort presented higher intelligence quotients compared to the control group. This finding

supports the idea that neurodiversity represents a different set of abilities, including advantages, that

could also be beneficial to society. Nevertheless, high levels of intelligence are sometimes not

enough to alleviate the struggles of this neurodevelopmental condition as it is still associated with a

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