The neural correlates of deficient error awareness in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1149-1159

  O'Connell, Redmond G ^a,b   Bellgrove, Mark A ^c   Dockree, Paul M ^a,b   Lau, Adam ^a   Hester, Robert ^c   Garavan, Hugh ^a   Fitzgerald, Michael ^a   Foxe, John J ^b,d,e   Robertson, Ian H ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b St Vincent's Hospital Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anterior cingulate cortex; ERP; Error awareness; Source analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649089950     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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