The relationship of working memory, inhibition, and response variability in child psychopathology

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-14

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Child psychopathology; HFA; Inhibition; Response variability; TS; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE VARIABLE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 32544460291     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.08.023     Document Type: Article

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