Studies of Interest
Let me guess, it's Wednesday night and you're just starting
your college term paper that is due on Friday. Been there, done that, and I honestly
feel for you. Here are some scholarly-type papers for you to look at.
You should be able to get them at your University library. Most of the
journals will not let you get the article online for free. Was that the sound of
your forehead hitting the computer screen? This list is just something to get you
started - there are other papers out there I haven't included. Tips: to find more papers
quickly try online searches of the journals that I've listed (The Roeper Review, for example, is a journal on gifted
education), and look at the references of the papers you find that are most pertinent to
your topic.
Creative/Gifted
Ackerman, C., "Identifying Gifted Adolescents using
Personality Characteristics: Dabrowski's Overexcitabilities" June 1997, Roeper
Review, Vol 19, No.4. (This paper has a nice chart comparing overexcitabilities of
gifted to average children).
Bachtold, L.M. (1982). Divergent thinking and temperamental
traits. Psychological Reports, 51, 419-422.
Burcham, B., Carlson, L., & Milich, R. (1993).
Promising school-based practices for students with attention deficit disorder. Exceptional
Children, 60, 174-180.
Cramond, B. "The Association of
ADHD and Creativity" 1995, The National Research Center on the Gifted and
Talented. This entire paper is online!
Funk, J.B., Chessare, J.B., Weaver, M.T., & Exley, A.R.
(1993). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, creativity, and the effects of
methylphenidate. Pediatrics, 91, 816-819.
Gallagher, S.A. (1986). A comparison of the concept of
overexcitabilites with measures of creativity and school achievement in sixth-grade
students. Roeper Review, 8, 115-119.
Goertzel, V., Goertzel, M.G., & Goertzel, T. (1978). Three
hundred eminent personalities: A psychosocial analysis of the famous. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Pickering, G. (1974). Creative malady. New York:
Dell.
Piechowski, M.M., & Cunningham, K. (1985). Patterns of
overexcitability in a group of artists. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 19,
153-174.
Reid, B., et al. "Square Pegs in Round Holes --These
Kids Don't Fit: High Ability Students With Behavioral Problems." The National
Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, Sept. 1995. [This is an excellent paper, with
charts comparing ADHD to creativity and giftedness. To order: Order
Department, University of Connecticut, The National Research Center on the Gifted and
Talented, 2131 Hillside Rd., U-7, Storrs, CT 06269-3007, For orders, call 860.486.4826 and
ask for Heather. It should cost $6.]
Restak, R. (1993). The creative brain. In J. Brockman
(Ed.), Creativity (pp. 164-175). New York: Touchstone.
Richards, R.L., & Kinney, D.K. (1990). Mood Swings and
creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 3, 202-217.
Shaw, G.A. (1992). Hyperactivity and creativity: The tacit
dimension. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 30, 152-160.
West, T.G. (1991). In the mind's eye: Visual thinkers,
gifted people with learning difficulties, computer images, and the ironies of creativity.
Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.
Nutrition & Allergies
Anderson, G.H., and J. L. Johnston. "Nutrient Control of Brain
Neurotransmitter Synthesis and Function." Canadian Journal of Physiology and
Pharmacology 61 (3) (March 1983): 271-81.
Arnold, E.L., et al. "Potential Link Between Dietary
Intake of Fatty Acids and Behavior: Pilot Exploration of Serum Lipids in Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
4 (3) (1994): 171-82.
Arnold, E.L., and N.A. Votolato. "Does Hair Zinc
Predict Amphetamine Imporovement of ADD/Hyperactivity?" International Journal of
Neuroscience 50 (1990): 103-7.
Bekaroglu, Mehmet, et al. "Relationships Between Serum
Free Fatty Acids and Zinc, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Research Note.
"Journal of Child Psychiatry 37 (2) (1996): 225-27.
Boris, Marvin, and Francine Mandel. "Foods and
Additives are Common Causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Children."
Annals of Allergy 72 (5) (1993): 462-67.
Burgess, JR, et al. "Essential fatty acid metabolism
in boys with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder". American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition 1995; 62;761-68.
Burgess, JR, et al. "Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty
acids in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder." American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2000,Vol.
71, No. 1, 327-330.
Burlton-Bennet, Jocelyn, and Viviane Robinson.
"A Single-Subject Evaluation of the K-P Diet for Hyperkinesis." Journal
of Learning Disabilities 20 (6) (June/July): 331-35
Carter, C.M., et al. "Effects of a Few Food Diets in
Attention Deficit Disorder." Archives of Disease in Childhood 69 (1993):
564-68.
Coleman, M., et al. "A Preliminary Study of the Effect
of Pyrodoxine Administration ina Subgroup of Hyperkinetic Children: A Double-Blind
Crossover Comparison with Methylphenidate." Biological Psychiatry 14 (5)
(1979): 741-51.
Conners, C.K. Feeding the Brain: How Foods Affect
Children. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1989.
Egger, Joseph. "Hyperkinetic Syndrome: Food,
Brain and Behavior." Conference Proceedings, October 1996, Allergy Research
Foundation. Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine 7 (1997):
353-57.
Girardi, N.L., et al. "Blunted Catecholamine Responses
After Glucose Ingestion in Children with Attention Deficit Disorder." Pediatric
Research 38 (4) (October 1995): 539-42.
Grandgirard, A, Bourre, JM, Julliard, R, et al.
"Incorporation of trans long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in rat brain
structure and retina." Lipids 1994; 29(4): 251-58.
Hamazaki, Tomohito, et al. "The Effect of
Docosahexaenoic Acid on Aggression in Young Adults." Journal of Clinical
Investigation 97 (1996): 1129-33.
Hibbeln, J.R., and N. Salem, Jr. "Dietary Polyunsaturated
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Depression: When Cholesterol Does Not Satisfy." American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition 62 (1995): 1-9.
Kaplan, Bonnie, et al. "Dietary Replacement in
Preschool-Aged Hyperactive Boys." Pediatrics 83 (1)(January 1989): 7-17.
Kaplan, Bonnie, et al. "Overall Nutrient Intake of
Preschool Hyperactive and Normal Boys." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
17 (2) (1989): 127-32.
Kaplan, JR, Manuk, SB, Shively, C. "The effects of fat
and cholesterol on social behavior in monkeys." Psychosom Med 1991;
53:634-642.
Kozielec, T., and B. Sarobrat-Hermelin. "Assessment of
Magnesium Levels in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)." Magnesium
Research 10 (2) (1997): 143-48.
Munoz, Kathryn, et al. "Food Intakes of U.S.
Children and Adolescents Compared with Recommendations." Pediatrics 100
(3, pt.1)(September 1997): 323-39.
Mitchell, EA, Aman, MG, Turbott, SH, Manku, M.
"Clinical characteristics and serum essential fatty acid levels in hyperactive
children." Clinical Pediatrics 1987; 26; 406-11.
Petersen, J, Opstvedt, J. "Trans fatty acids: Fatty
acid composition of lipids of the brain and other organs in suckling piglets." Lipids
1992; 27 (10): 761-69.
Pollitt, E., and E. Metallinos-Katsarua. "Iron
Deficiency and Behavior." Nutrition and the Brain, vol. 8. New York: Raven
Press, 1990, pp. 29-31, 115-37.
Rimland, Bernard. "The Feingold Diet: An
Assessment of the Reviews by Mattes, Kavale, Forness and Others." Journal of
Learning Disabilities 16 (6) (June/July 1983):331-33.
Rowe, Katherine, and Kenneth Rowe. "Synthetic
Food Coloring and Behavior: A Dose Response Effect in a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled,
Repeated-Measures Study." Journal of Pediatrics 125 (1994): 691-98.
Schmidt, M.E., et al. "Effect of Dextroamphetamine and
Methylphenidate on Calcium and Magnesium Concentration in Hyperactive Boys." Psychiatry
Research 54 (2) (November 1995):199-210.
Starobrat-Hermelin, B., and T. Kozielec. "The Effects
of Magnesium Physiological Supplementation on Hyperactivity in Children with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Positive Response to Magnesium Oral Loading
Test." Magnesium Research 10 (2) (1997): 149-56.
Stevens, Laura, et al. "Essential Fatty Acid
Metabolism in Boys with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition 62 (1995): 761-68.
Stevens, Laura, et al. "Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Boys
with Behavior, Learning and Health Problems." Physiology and Behavior 59
(4/5) (1996): 915-20.
Stordy, Jacqueline, "Dark adaptation, motor skills,
docosahexaenoic acid, and dyslexia." Americal Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 71
(2000): 323-326.
Toren, Paz. "Zinc Deficiency in Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder." Biological Psychiatry 40 (1996): 1308-10.
Wender, E.H., and M.V. Solanto. "Effects of
Sugar on Aggressive and Inattentive Behavior in Children with Attention Deficit Disorder
with Hyperactivity and Normal Children." Pediatrics 88 (5) (November 1991):
960-66.
