Will Working Memory Training Generalize to Improve Off-Task Behavior in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 639-648

  Green, Chloe T ^a,b,e   Long, Debra L ^b   Green, David ^c   Iosif, Ana Maria ^d   Dixon, J Faye ^a   Miller, Meghan R ^a,e   Fassbender, Catherine ^a   Schweitzer, Julie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Berkeley ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic behavior; ADHD; Attention; children; cognitive training; RAST; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY TRAINING;

EID: 84866448749     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-012-0124-y     Document Type: Article

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