Event-related potentials in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: An investigation using an auditory oddball task

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-115

  Senderecka, Magdalena ^a,b   Grabowska, Anna ^c,d   Gerc, Krzysztof ^a   Szewczyk, Jakub ^a   Chmylak, Roman ^e  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies ^*  (Poland)

^c NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^e NZOZ Center for Medical Genetics   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Auditory oddball task; Event related potentials; Right hemisphere dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY ODDBALL TASK; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84862765915     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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