Maltreatment Is Associated With Specific Impairments in Executive Functions: A Pilot Study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 780-783

  Augusti, Else Marie ^a   Melinder, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890440677     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21860     Document Type: Article

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