"Ecological" and Highly Demanding Executive Tasks Detect Real-Life Deficits in High-Functioning Adult ADHD Patients

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Torralva, Teresa ^a,b,c   Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel ^a,b   Lischinsky, Alicia ^a,b   Roca, María ^a,b   Manes, Facundo ^a,b  

^a INECO   (Argentina)

^b Institute of Neurosciences ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; ecological validity; executive functions; real life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84870727038     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054710389988     Document Type: Article

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