Evidence for Higher Reaction Time Variability for Children With ADHD on a Range of Cognitive Tasks Including Reward and Event Rate Manipulations

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-441

  Epstein, Jeffery N ^a   Langberg, Joshua M ^a   Rosen, Paul J ^a   Graham, Amanda ^a   Narad, Megan E ^a   Antonini, Tanya N ^a   Brinkman, William B ^a   Froehlich, Tanya ^a   Simon, John O ^a   Altaye, Mekibib ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Event rate; Intraindividual variability; Reward; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNICITY; EVENT RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REACTION TIME VARIABILITY; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REWARD;

EID: 79960037473     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022155     Document Type: Article

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