Does Response Variability Predict Distractibility Among Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 427-436

  Adams, Zachary W ^a   Roberts, Walter M ^a   Milich, Richard ^a   Fillmore, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adults; Eye movements; Variable attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTABILITY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959320054     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022112     Document Type: Article

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