Covert orienting and focusing of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-356

  McDonald, S ^b   Bennett, K M B ^a   Chambers, H ^b   Castiello, U ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Asymmetry; Attentional focus; Covert visuo spatial attention; Frontostriatal pathways

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032912363     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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