Interference and inhibition in tasks of selective attention by persons with and without mental retardation

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Merrill, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 33646895633     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2006)111[216:IAIITO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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