Executive function and attention in young adults with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder - A comparative study

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2644-2650

  Tal Saban, Miri ^a   Ornoy, Asher ^a,b   Parush, Shula ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRi Ministry of Health   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention; Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD); Executive function; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRIEF A QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZATION; WURS QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904749285     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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