Working memory in school-aged children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder combined type: Are deficits modality specific and are they independent of impaired inhibitory control?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 749-759

  Brocki, Karin C ^a,b   Randall, Kate D ^b   Bohlin, Gunilla ^a   Kerns, Kimberly A ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Executive functions; Inhibitory control; Neuropsychological deficits; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SERIAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51349096169     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701754720     Document Type: Article

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