Executive function in children with pervasive developmental disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder assessed by the Keio version of the Wisconsin card sorting test

Brain and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 354-359

  Kado, Yoko ^a   Sanada, Satoshi ^b   Yanagihara, Masafumi ^b   Ogino, Tatsuya ^c   Ohno, Shigeru ^d   Watanabe, Kiyoko ^e   Nakano, Kousuke ^f   Morooka, Teruko ^g   Oka, Makio ^g   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^g  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chugoku Gakuen University   (Japan)

^d Ohno Pediatrics   (Japan)

^e Kawasaki Rinko General Hospital   (Japan)

^f MATSUYAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Executive function; Keio version; Pervasive developmental disorder; Wisconsin card sorting test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84859896912     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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