What would Karl Popper say? Are current psychological theories of ADHD falsifiable?

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Johnson, Katherine A ^a   Wiersema, Jan R ^b   Kuntsi, Jonna ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR THEORY; BEHAVIORISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 62849125040     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-5-15     Document Type: Review

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