Assessing visual attention in young children and adolescents with severe mental retardation utilizing conditional-discrimination tasks and multiple testing procedures

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-181

  Huguenin, Nancy H ^a  

^a Behav Analysis and Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental retardation; Touch screen technology; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONITOR; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542513239     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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