General versus executive cognitive ability in pupils with ADHD and with milder attention problems

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-168

  Ek, Ulla ^a   Westerlund, Joakim ^a   Fernell, Elisabeth ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Learning and attention problems; Processing speed; Subthreshold; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EXECUTIVE COGNITIVE ABILITY; FEMALE; GENERAL COGNITIVE ABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 84873137150     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S39687     Document Type: Article

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