ADHD performance reflects inefficient but not impulsive information processing: A diffusion model analysis

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-200

  Metin, Baris ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   Wiersema, Jan R ^a   Van Der Meere, Jaap J ^b   Thompson, Margaret ^c   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Ratcliff Diffusion Model; Reaction time, information processing; Speed accuracy tradeoff

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84880989300     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031533     Document Type: Article

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