Working Memory in ADHD: A Comparison of British and South African Children

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 286-293

  Alloway, Tracy P ^a   Cockcroft, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

executive function; intellectual disability; IQ; sustained attention; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING MEMORY;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; IQ; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEER GROUP; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84899438494     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711417397     Document Type: Article

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