Learning efficacy of explicit visuomotor sequences in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Asperger syndrome

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Watanabe, Katsumi ^a,b,c   Ikeda, Hanako ^a,d   Miyao, Masutomo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Developmental disorder; Learning curve; Visuomotor sequence learning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952290721     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2217-3     Document Type: Article

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