Dual Task Performance in Children and Adolescents with ADHD
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چکیده
The study aimed at defining the dual-task performance characteristics in healthy children/adolescents on the computerised and the paper and pencil dual-task methods; investigating the effect of task difficulty on dual-task performance; testing if the paper and pencil version of the dual-task method is giving the same results in ADHD and healthy controls; investigating whether the dual-task functioning in ADHD is defined by the general motor functioning and comorbidity factors.
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