Reading comprehension in children with ADHD: Cognitive underpinnings of the centrality deficit

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-483

  Miller, Amanda C ^a   Keenan, Janice M ^b   Betjemann, Rebecca S ^c   Willcutt, Erik G ^d   Pennington, Bruce F ^b   Olson, Richard K ^d,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; Comprehension; Inhibition; Processing Speed; Reading; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879464723     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9686-8     Document Type: Article

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