A multiple deficit model of reading disability and attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder: Searching for shared cognitive deficits

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 547-557

  McGrath, Lauren M ^a   Pennington, Bruce F ^b   Shanahan, Michelle A ^c   Santerre Lemmon, Laura E ^b   Barnard, Holly D ^c   Willcutt, Erik G ^d   Defries, John C ^d   Olson, Richard K ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; comorbidity; multiple deficit model; processing speed; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; RISK FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79954578358     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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