Creative thinking in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-123

  Abraham, Anna ^a   Windmann, Sabine ^a,b   Siefen, Rainer ^c   Daum, Irene ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Westfälische Klinik für Kinder und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie in der Haard   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Conduct disorder; Contextual modulation of information processing; Creativity; Inhibitory control; Prefrontal function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CREATIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINKING;

EID: 33744974060     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040500320691     Document Type: Article

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