Effects of reward and response cost on response inhibition in AD/HD, disruptive, anxious, and normal children

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-174

  Oosterlaan, Jaap ^a   Sergeant, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AD HD; Anxiety disorder; Disruptive behavior disorder; Response cost; Response inhibition; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, EXCEPTIONAL; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REWARD;

EID: 0031800057     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022650216978     Document Type: Article

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