Validity of the Executive Function Theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review
2005/04/12 by Erik G. Willcutt, Alysa E. Doyle, Joel T. Nigg +2 · 3,559 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder #Attention deficit #Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #Clinical psychology #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Developmental psychology #Executive functions #Functional Brain Connectivity Studies #Medicine #Meta-analysis #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Neurocognitive #Neuropsychological test #Neuropsychology #Psychiatry #Psychology #Vigilance (psychology)
paper · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.02.006
published in Biological Psychiatry 57(11), 1336-1346 (Elsevier BV)
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