Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder identified by neuropsychological testing

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-183

  Dice, Niels ^a,b   Wik, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adult; Dual task capacity; Memory; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY CONSONANT TRIGRAM TEST; BENTON VISUAL RETENTION TEST; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 11244277204     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590519058     Document Type: Article

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