Working Memory Training in College Students With ADHD or LD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 331-345

  Gropper, Rachel J ^a   Gotlieb, Howell ^b   Kronitz, Reena ^b   Tannock, Rosemary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Jewish Vocational Services (JVS)   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic performance; ADD ADHD; college students; learning disabilities; working memory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADD/ADHD; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COLLEGE STUDENTS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADD/ADHD; COLLEGE STUDENTS; LEARNING DISABILITIES; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899446489     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054713516490     Document Type: Article

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