Contrasting deficits on executive functions between ADHD and reading disabled children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-552

  Marzocchi, Gian Marco ^a   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^b   Zuddas, Alessandro ^c   Cavolina, Pina ^c   Geurts, Hilde ^b,d   Redigolo, Debora ^e   Vio, Claudio ^e   Sergeant, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Child Psychiatry Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADHD; Executive function; Inhibition; Neuropsychology; Phonemic fluency; Reading disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PLANNING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41849085185     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01859.x     Document Type: Article

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