Response time intra-subject variability: Commonalities between children with autism spectrum disorders and children with ADHD

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 69-79

  Adamo, Nicoletta ^a   Huo, Lan ^a   Adelsberg, Samantha ^a   Petkova, Eva ^a,b   Castellanos, F Xavier ^a,b   Di Martino, Adriana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Endophenotype; Functional data analysis; Reaction time intra subject variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPONSE TIME; RESPONSE TIME INTRA SUBJECT VARIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894336849     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0428-4     Document Type: Article

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