Effortful and automatic information processing in boys with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-286

  Hazell, Philip L ^a   Carr, Vaughan J ^b   Lewin, Terry J ^b   Dewis, Sally A M ^b   Heathcote, Diane M ^b   Brucki, Belinda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; Cognition; Information integration theory; Motivation; Specific learning disabilities; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 0032992464     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002196309800331X     Document Type: Article

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