The role of sustained attention and display medium in reading comprehension among adolescents with ADHD and without it

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 431-439

  Stern, Pnina ^a   Shalev, Lilach ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescents; Reading comprehension; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; READING; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BOOKS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866554885     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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