children with ADHD have marked problems in regulating their behavior and inhibiting their response (hyperactivity and impulsivity are two core features of the ADHD profile).
in this respect the disorder clearly relates to ideas about the executive control of behavior.
the idea that ADHD reflects a core deficit in behavioral inhibition was first proposed by barkley.
this cognitive theory is closely related to earlier views that the problems of behavioral regulation observed in children with ADHD are similar to those seen in patients with damage to the frontal lobse of the brain (which is sometimes referred to as the frontal metaphor of ADHD;)