Mean response times, variability, and skew in the responding of ADHD children: A response time distributional approach

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-190

  Leth Steensen, Craig ^a   King Elbaz, Zmira ^b   Douglas, Virginia I ^b  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; Diagnosis; Mathematical modeling; Methodology; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0034181406     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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