Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 73-79 , January 2009

Do children with ADHD and/or PDD-NOS differ in reactivity of alpha/theta ERD/ERS to manipulations of cognitive load and stimulus relevance?

  • H. Karin Gomarus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +3150 3681253; fax: +3150 3681120.
    • ,
  • Albertus A. Wijers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental and Work Psychology, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Ruud B. Minderaa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Monika Althaus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands

,Accepted 14 October 2008.

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Clinical Neurophysiology
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