Divided attention deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-11

  Ross, Sharon ^a   Fantie, Bryan ^a   Straus, Stephen F ^b   Grafman, Jordan ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Divided attention; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0035018986     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324826AN0801_2     Document Type: Article

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