The continuous performance test revisited with neuroelectric mapping: Impaired orienting in children with attention deficits

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-110

  Van Leeuwen, T H ^a   Steinhausen, H Ch ^a   Overtoom, C C E ^c   Pascual Marqui, R D ^d   Van'T Klooster, B ^b   Rothenberger, A ^b   Sergeant, J A ^e   Brandeis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Clin for Child and Adol Psychiatry   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AD HD; ADD; ADHD; Attention deficit disorder; Children; CNV; ERP; Event related brain potentials; Neuroelectric brain mapping; Orienting; P300; Preparation; Source localization; Sustained attention; Topography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032126282     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00173-3     Document Type: Article

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