Flanker performance in female college students with ADHD: A diffusion model analysis

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-341

  Merkt, Julia ^a,b   Singmann, Henrik ^c   Bodenburg, Sebastian ^d   Goossens Merkt, Heinrich ^e   Kappes, Andreas ^f   Wendt, Mike ^g   Gawrilow, Caterina ^a,b,h  

^a Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e Neurological Practice   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; College students; Diffusion model; Females; Flanker task; Neuropsychological function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLANKER PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891141916     PISSN: 18666116     EISSN: 18666647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-013-0110-1     Document Type: Article

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