Executive functioning among Finnish adolescents with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1594-1604

  Loo, Sandra K ^a   Humphrey, Lorie A ^a   Tapio, Terttu ^b   Moilanen, Irma K ^b   McGough, James J ^a   McCracken, James T ^a   Yang, May H ^a   Dang, Jeff ^a   Taanila, Anja ^b   Ebeling, Hanna ^b   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b,c   Smalley, Susan L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Impairment; Inhibition; Neuropsychological; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 36348998069     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/chi.0b013e3181575014     Document Type: Article

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