Getting clued in: Inferential processing and comprehension monitoring in boys with ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-42

  Berthiaume, Kristen S ^a   Lorch, Elizabeth P ^a   Milich, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Comprehension monitoring; Inferential processing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77953988206     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054709347197     Document Type: Article

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