Executive function and developmental disorders: The flip side of the coin

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 454-457

  Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT; BRAIN SYSTEMS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; TRAINING PROGRAM;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; RISK; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 84865293321     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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