Methylphenidate improves working memory and set-shifting in AD/HD: Relationships to baseline memory capacity

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-305

  Mehta, Mitul A ^a,b   Goodyer, Ian M ^a   Sahakian, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADD ADHD; Cognition; Executive function; Methylphenidate; Visuo spatial functioning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; METHYLPHENIDATE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 1242351751     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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