Intra-Subject Variability in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1088-1097

  Klein, Christoph ^a,b   Wendling, Katharina ^c   Huettner, Paul ^c   Ruder, Hans ^b   Peper, Martin ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Interdisziplinaeres Therapiezentrum Caritas Haus Feldberg ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; continuous performance test; go nogo task; intra subject variability; stop signal task; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33750587173     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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