Increased intraindividual variability is a marker of ADHD but also of dyslexia: A study on handwriting

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Borella, Erika ^a   Chicherio, Christian ^b   Re, Anna Maria ^a   Sensini, Vanessa ^a   Cornoldi, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADHD; Dyslexia; Handwriting; Intraindividual variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MOTOR SKILLS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80051696422     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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