Links between DRD4, executive attention, and alphabetic skills in a nonclinical sample

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 305-312

  Kegel, Cornelia A T ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alphabetic skills; dopamine D4 receptor gene; executive attention; K 1 students; mediation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; TANDEM REPEAT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; READING; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84873729511     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02604.x     Document Type: Article

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