A review of the validity of laboratory cognitive tasks used to assess symptoms of ADHD

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-315

  Nichols, Shana L ^a   Waschbusch, Daniel A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Laboratory measures; Validity

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2642517204     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHUD.0000020681.06865.97     Document Type: Review

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