Working memory deficits in ADHD: The contribution of age, learning/language difficulties, and task parameters

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 461-472

  Sowerby, Paula ^a   Seal, Simon ^a   Tripp, Gail ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADHD; comorbidity; developmental perspective; working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79959780266     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054710370674     Document Type: Article

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