Executive function in children, adolescents, and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Introduction to the special issue

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Weyandt, Lisa L ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 13844267545     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2701_1     Document Type: Review

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