Children's executive functions: Are they poorer after very early brain insult

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2041-2050

  Anderson, Vicki ^a,b,c   Spencer Smith, Megan ^a,c   Coleman, Lee ^a,b,c   Anderson, Peter ^a,c   Williams, Jackie ^a,c   Greenham, Mardee ^a   Leventer, Richard J ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Rani ^a,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Executive function; Language; Memory; Neuropsychological outcome; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SKILL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77953020129     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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