Attentional Control Activation Relates to Working Memory in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 632-640

  Burgess, Gregory C ^a   Depue, Brendan E ^a   Ruzic, Luka ^a   Willcutt, Erik G ^a   Du, Yiping P ^b   Banich, Marie T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adults; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; attentional control; fMRI; functional magnetic resonance imaging; Stroop task; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949492721     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.10.036     Document Type: Article

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