Working memory, response inhibition, and within-subject variability in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or reading disorder

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-379

  Van De Voorde, Séverine ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   Verté, Sylvie ^a   Wiersema, Jan Roelf ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Comorbidity; Executive function; Reading disorder; Within subject variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSLEXIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77951222678     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390903066865     Document Type: Article

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