Abnormal spatial asymmetry of selective attention in ADHD

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1064-1072

  Chan, Edgar ^a   Mattingley, Jason B ^a   Huang Pollock, Cynthia ^b   English, Therese ^c   Hester, Robert ^a   Vance, Alasdair ^c   Bellgrove, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Flanker interference; Selective attention; Spatial attention; Spatial bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 69249112997     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02096.x     Document Type: Article

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