Manual transmission enhances attention and driving performance of ADHD adolescent males: Pilot study

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-216

  Cox, Daniel J ^a,b   Punja, Mohan ^a   Powers, Katie ^a   Merkel, R Lawrence ^a   Burket, Roger ^a   Moore, Melissa ^a   Thorndike, Frances ^a   Kovatchev, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescents; Automatic transmission; Behavioral interventions; Driving safety; Inattention; Manual transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750328916     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054706288103     Document Type: Article

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