The Stroop revisited: A meta-analysis of interference control in AD/HD

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-165

  van Mourik, Rosa ^a   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^a   Sergeant, Joseph A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AD HD; Interference control; Meta analysis; Rapid naming; Stroop Colour Word Task

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLEXIA; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL TEST; META ANALYSIS; MOOD DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 15844393901     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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