How specific are executive functioning deficits in attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and autism?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 836-854

  Geurts, Hilde M ^a,c   Verté, Sylvie ^b   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^b   Sergeant, Joseph A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Executive functions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PLANNING; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 2342440585     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00276.x     Document Type: Review

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