Duration judgments in children with ADHD suggest deficient utilization of temporal information rather than general impairment in timing

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 162-172

  Radonovich, Krestin J ^a   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; TEACHER; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 2942608705     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040490911023     Document Type: Article

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