AULA virtual reality test as an attention measure: Convergent validity with Conners Continuous Performance Test

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 328-342

  Díaz Orueta, Unai ^a   Garcia López, Cristina ^b   Crespo Eguílaz, Nerea ^b   Sánchez Carpintero, Rocío ^b   Climent, Gema ^a   Narbona, Juan ^b  

^a Nesplora   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention; AULA; Continuous performance test; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AULA; CHILD; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADHD; ATTENTION; AULA; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899648384     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2013.792332     Document Type: Article

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