Decision making with uncertain reinforcement in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-161

  Drechsler, Renate ^a   Rizzo, Patrizia ^a   Steinhausen, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Decision making; Impulsivity; Probabilistic discounting; Reward; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77951042199     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040903190774     Document Type: Article

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