Can motivation normalize working memory and task persistence in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? the effects of money and computer-gaming

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 669-681

  Dovis, Sebastiaan ^a   Van Der Oord, Saskia ^a,b   Wiers, Reinout W ^a   Prins, Pier J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ADHD .Working memory. Reinforcement; Cognitive functioning; Computer gaming; Executive functioning; Motivation; WM

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84863981796     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-011-9601-8     Document Type: Article

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