Can attention itself be trained? Attention training for children at-risk for ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Concepts, Controversies, New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 397-409

  Tamm, Leanne ^a   Mc Candliss, Bruce D ^b   Liang, Angela ^c   Wigal, Tim L ^c   Posner, Michael I ^d   Swanson, James M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.3109/9781420017144-38     Document Type: Chapter

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