Attention Deficits in Children With Combined Autism and ADHD: A CPT Study

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 599-609

  Lundervold, Astri J ^a,b,c   Stickert, Marte ^a   Hysing, Mari ^a,b   Sørensen, Lin ^a,c,d   Gillberg, Christopher ^b,e   Posserud, Maj Britt ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

^c KG Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; attention; autism spectrum disorder; Continuous Performance Test; inhibition; variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84974603923     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712453168     Document Type: Article

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