Development of sustained attention assessed using the continuous performance test among children 6-15 years of age

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 403-412

  Lin, Chaucer C H ^a,b   Hsiao, Chuhsing K ^a   Chen, Wei J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age development; Children; Continuous Performance Test (CPT); Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032743589     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021932119311     Document Type: Article

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