Attentional processes in children with ADHD: An event-related potential study using the attention network test

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-90

  Kratz, Oliver ^a   Studer, Petra ^a   Malcherek, Susanne ^a,c   Erbe, Karlheinz ^d   Moll, Gunther H ^a   Heinrich, Hartmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Heckscher Klinikum   (Germany)

^c Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Germany)

^d Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention network test; Cue processing; ERP; P3

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALERTNESS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79960419761     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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