How Well Do Measures of Inhibition and Other Executive Functions Discriminate between Children with ADHD and Controls?

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Thorell, Lisa B ^a   Bohlin, Gunilla ^b   Nyberg, Lilianne ^b   Janols, Lars Olof ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BARKLEY MODEL; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPULSION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 1842454917     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/chin.10.1.1.26243     Document Type: Article

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