Clustering and switching on verbal and figural fluency functions in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-248

  Tucha, Oliver ^a   Mecklinger, Lara ^a   Laufkötter, Rainer ^a   Kaunzinger, Ivo ^a   Paul, Geraldine M ^a   Klein, Helmfried E ^a   Lange, Klaus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 20844439513     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800444000047     Document Type: Article

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