Executive function and ADHD: A comparison of children's performance during neuropsychological testing and real-world activities

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 137-149

  Lawrence, Vivienne ^a   Houghton, Stephen ^a   Douglas, Graham ^a   Durkin, Kevin ^a   Whiting, Ken ^b   Tannock, Rosemary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Hospital for Sick Children ^*

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSEVERATION; RECREATION; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 1842861542     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108705470400700302     Document Type: Article

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