Effects of color stimulation on handwriting performance of children with ADHD without and with additional learning disabilities

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-198

  Imhof, Margarete ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Graphomotor behavior; Optimal stimulation; Primary education learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SPEECH DISORDER; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 3142668015     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-004-0371-5     Document Type: Article

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