Can task-switching training enhance executive control functioning in children with attention deficit/-hyperactivity disorder?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARY 2012, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Kray, Jutta ^a   Karbach, Julia ^a   Haenig, Susann ^b   Freitag, Christine ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Executive control; Task switching training; Training transfer

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK SWITCHING TRAINING; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84856776772     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00180     Document Type: Article

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