Proactive control refers to the biasing of information processing toward a task goal during anticipation of a relevant event. This study investigated proactive control of emotional information in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using a manual face-word Stroop task. Individuals with ADHD and healthy controls (n = 51 per group) were selected from a large participant pool (n = 1,020) using the Adult ADHD Self-Report-Scale. Images of happy or anxious faces were presented, with…
