Vigilance and sustained attention in children and adults with ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 410-421

  Tucha, Lara ^a   Tucha, Oliver ^a   Walitza, Susanne ^b   Sontag, Thomas A ^c   Laufktter, Rainer ^c   Linder, Martin ^c   Lange, Klaus W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adulthood; Attentional functioning; Childhood; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 60449091856     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054708315065     Document Type: Article

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