Assessment of working memory in children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-35

  Messina, Lucinete De Freitas ^a,c   Tiedemann, Klaus Bruno ^a   De Andrade, Enio Roberto ^a   Primi, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University São Francisco   (United States)

^c University São Francisco ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention deficit; Inductive reasoning; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745941639     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108705284299     Document Type: Article

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