Selective effect of inhibition of literal or numerical irrelevant information in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or arithmetic learning disorder (ALD)

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 731-753

  Passolunghi, Maria Chiara ^a   Marzocchi, Gian Marco ^a,b   Fiorillo, Francesca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARITHMETIC LEARNING DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKING MEMORY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28544439058     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2803_1     Document Type: Article

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