The Joint Effect of Bilingualism and ADHD on Executive Functions

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 527-541

  Mor, Billy ^a   Yitzhaki Amsalem, Sarin ^a   Prior, Anat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

adult ADHD; cognitive control; executive function; language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929166659     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054714527790     Document Type: Article

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