Increased Response-Time Variability Across Different Cognitive Tasks in Children With ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 434-446

  Adamo, Nicoletta ^a   Di Martino, Adriana ^a   Esu, Lidia ^b   Petkova, Eva ^a,e   Johnson, Katherine ^c   Kelly, Simon ^d   Castellanos, Francisco Xavier ^a,e   Zuddas, Alessandro ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d City College of the City University of New York   (United States)

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

Author keywords

ADHD; childhood psychiatric symptoms; cognitive control; neurobiology

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84901933911     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712439419     Document Type: Article

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