1. Is inhibition impaired in ADHD?
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Band, Guido P. H. and Scheres, Anouk
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ATTENTION , *CONTROL (Psychology) , *PSYCHOLOGY , *ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder , *COGNITION - Abstract
The article comments on John Wilding's paper that lists concerns about measures of attention and control that are used throughout the field of clinical development psychology. The authors present an argument on Wilding's suggestion that executive dysfunction is the fundamental problem underlying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. The authors defined the building-blocks of cognition. The fundamental role of executive functions in ADHD is discussed.
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- 2005
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