Vulnerability to the Irrelevant Sound Effect in Adult ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 306-316

  Pelletier, Marie France ^a   Hodgetts, Helen M ^b   Lafleur, Martin F ^a   Vincent, Annick ^c   Tremblay, Sébastien ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre médical l Hêtrière   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adult ADHD; irrelevant sound effect; selective attention; short term memory; sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84962907259     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054713492563     Document Type: Article

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