Inattentive behaviour is associated with poor working memory and slow processing speed in very pre-term children in middle childhood

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-160

  Mulder, Hanna ^a   Pitchford, Nicola J ^a   Marlow, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952496190     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X505527     Document Type: Article

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