Asymmetrical hemispheric control of visual-spatial attention in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-473

  Epstein, Jeffery N ^a   Keith Conners, C ^a   Erhardt, Drew ^a   March, John S ^a   Swanson, James M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 20644470106     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.11.4.467     Document Type: Article

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