Language problems and ADHD symptoms: How specific are the links?

Brain Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Hawkins, Erin ^a   Gathercole, Susan ^a   Astle, Duncan ^a   Holmes, Joni ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention; Communication; Hyperactivity; Language; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSCALCULIA; DYSLEXIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SPEECH SOUND DISORDER; SPELLING;

EID: 85012043311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci6040050     Document Type: Article

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