Performance lapses in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder contribute to poor reading fluency

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 672-683

  Jacobson, Lisa A ^a,b   Ryan, Matthew ^a   Denckla, Martha B ^a,b   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b   Mahone, E Mark ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Dyslexia; Ex Gaussian analyses; Executive function; Processing speed; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EX-GAUSSIAN ANALYSES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCESSING SPEED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; READING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARIABILITY;

ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; EX-GAUSSIAN ANALYSES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PROCESSING SPEED; VARIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84890329971     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act048     Document Type: Article

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