Interference Control, Working Memory, Concept Shifting, and Verbal Fluency in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-84

  Marchetta, Natalie D J ^a   Hurks, Petra P M ^a   Krabbendam, Lydia ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; adults; comorbidity; executive functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 39049101372     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.22.1.74     Document Type: Article

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