A meta-analysis of working memory impairments in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-384

  Martinussen, Rhonda ^a   Hayden, Jill ^b   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^c   Tannock, Rosemary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Reading disorder; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 15344348871     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000153228.72591.73     Document Type: Article

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