Relating children's attentional capabilities to intelligence, memory, and academic achievement: A test of construct specificity in children with asthma

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-85

  Annett, Robert D ^a   Bender, Bruce G ^b   Gordon, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847092906     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040600770779     Document Type: Article

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