Increased ongoing neural variability in ADHD

Cortex

Volumn 81, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-63

  Gonen Yaacovi, Gil ^a   Arazi, Ayelet ^a   Shahar, Nitzan ^a   Karmon, Anat ^a   Haar, Shlomi ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^a   Dinstein, Ilan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

ADHD; EEG; Intra individual variability; Noise; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCULOGRAPHY; POWER ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84971607401     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.04.010     Document Type: Article

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