Deficient attention is hard to find: Applying the perceptual load model of selective attention to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder subtypes

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1211-1218

  Huang Pollock, Cynthia L ^a   Nigg, Joel T ^b   Carr, Thomas H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Interference control; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; ATTENTION; CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644550733     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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