References
- Conners C K, Wells K C. Hyperkinetic children: a neuropsychological approach. Sage, Beverly Hills, CA 1986
- Douglas V I, Parry P A. Effects of reward on delayed reaction time task performance of hyperactive children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 1983; 11: 313–326
- Schachar R J, Tannock R, Logan G. Inhibitory control, impulsiveness, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Clinical Psychology Review 1993; 13: 721–739
- Tannock R. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: advances in cognitive, neurobiological, and genetic research. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1998; 39: 65–99
- Oosterlaan J, Logan G D, Sergeant J A. Response inhibition in AD/HD, comorbid AD/HD + CD, anxious, and control children: a meta-analysis of studies with the Stop Task. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1998; 39: 411–425
- Douglas V I. Cognitive deficits in children with attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity. Attention deficit disorder: criteria, cognition, intervention, L M Bloomingdale, J A Sergeant. Pergamon, London 1988
- Barkley R A. Behavioural inhibition, sustained attention, and executive functions. Constructing a unified theory of ADHD. Psychological Bulletin 1997; 121: 65–94
- Pennington B F, Ozonoff S. Executive functions and developmental psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1996; 37: 51–87
- Chelune G J, Ferguson W, Koon R, Dickey T O. Frontal lobe disinhibition in attention deficit disorder. Child Psychology and Human Development 1986; 16: 221–234
- Boucugnani L L, Jones R W. Behaviours analogous to frontal lobe dysfunction in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 1989; 4: 161–173
- Shue K I, Douglas V I. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the frontal lobe syndrome. Brain Cognition 1992; 20: 104–124
- Cummings J L. Subcortical dementia: neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, and pathophysiology. [Review]. British Journal of Psychiatry 1986; 149: 682–697
- Pantelis C, Brewer W J. Neurocognitive and neurobehavioural patterns and the syndromes of schizophrenia: role of frontal-subcortical networks. Schizophrenia: a neuropsychological perspective, C Pantelis, H E Nelson, T RE Barnes. Wiley, Chichester 1996
- Purcell R, Maruff P, Kyrios M, Pantelis C. Cognitive deficits in obsessive-compulsive disorder on tests of fronto-striatal function. Biological Psychiatry 1998; 143: 348–357
- Rapoport J L, Buchsbaum M S, Weingartner H, Zahn T P, Ludlow C, Mikkelsen E J. Dextroamphetamine: Its cognitive and behavioural effects in normal and hyperactive boys and normal men. Archives of General Psychiatry 1980; 37: 933–942
- Douglas V I, Barr R G, O'Neill M E, Britton B G. Short-term effects of methylphenidate on the cognitive, learning and academic performance of children with attention deficit disorder in the laboratory and the classroom. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1986; 27: 191–211
- Douglas V I, Barr R G, Amin K, O'Neill M E, Britton B G. Dosage effects and individual responsivity to methylphenidate in attention deficit disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1988; 29: 453–475
- Tannock R, Ickowicz A, Schachar R. Differential effects of methylphenidate on working memory in ADHD children with and without co-morbid anxiety. Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry 1995; 34: 886–896
- Everitt J, Thomas J, Cote F, Levesque J, Michaud D. Cognitive effects of psychostimulant medication in hyperactive children. Child Psychology and Human Development 1991; 22: 79–81
- Kempton S, Vance A, Maruff P, Luk E SL, Costin J, Pantelis C. Executive function and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: stimulant medication and better executive function performance in children. Psychological Medicine 1999; 29: 527–538
- Kupietz S S, Winsberg B G, Richardson E, Maitinsky S, Mendell N. Effects of methylphenidate dosage in hyperactive reading-disabled children I: behaviour and cognitive performance effects. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1988; 27: 70–77
- Schachar R, Tannock R. Childhood hyperactivity and psychostimulants. A review of extended treatment studies. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 1993; 3: 81–97
- Schachar R J, Tannock R, Cunningham C, Corkum P V. Behavioural, situational and temporal effects of treatment of adhd with methylphenidate. Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry 1997; 36: 754–763
- Diamond I R, Tannock R, Schachar R J. Response to methylphenidate in children with ADHD and comorbid anxiety. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1999; 38: 402–409
- Gillberg C, Melander H, von Knorring A-L, et al. Long-term stimulant treatment of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms. Archives of General Psychiatry 1997; 54: 857–864
- The MTA Cooperative Group A 14-month randomized clinical trial of treatment strategies for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry 1999; 56: 1073–1086
- National Health Medical Research Council. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra 1997
- American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edn. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC 1994
- Silverman W K, Albano A M. Anxiety disorders interview schedule for DSM-IV. Graywind, Texas 1996
- Conners C K. Parent symptom questionnaire. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 1985; 21: 816–822
- Achenbach T M, Edelbrock C S. Manual for the child behaviour checklist and behaviour profile. University of Vermont, Burlington 1983
- Wechsler D. Wechsler intelligence scale for children, 3rd edn. Psychological Co-operation, Texas 1991
- Jastak S, Wilkinson G S. Wide range achievement test-revised. Jastak Assessment Systems, Wilmington, DE 1984
- Neale M D. Neale analysis of reading ability revised. Australian Council of Educational Research, Melbourne 1988
- Owen A M, Downes J J, Sahakian B J, Polkey C E, Robbins T W. Planning and spatial working memory deficits following frontal lobe lesions in man. Neuropsychology 1990; 28: 1021–1034
- Sahakian B J, Owen A M. Computerised assessment in neuropsychiatry using CANTAB. discussion paper. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1992; 85: 399–402
- Robbins T W, James M, Owen A M, et al. Cognitive deficits in progressive supranuclear palsy, parkinson's disease, and multiple system atrophy in tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 1994; 57: 79–88
- Luciana M, Nelson C A. The functional emergence of prefrontally-guided working memory systems in four-to-eight year old children. Neuropsychologia 1998; 36: 273–295
- Swanson J M, Kinsbourne M, Roberts W, Zucker K. Time-response analysis of the effect of stimulant medication on the learning ability of children referred for hyperactivity. Paediatrics 1978; 61: 21–29
- Nie N H, Hadlai Hull C, Jenkins J G, Steinbrenner K, Bent D H. Statistical package for the social sciences. McGraw- Hill, New York 1970
- Kullback S. Information theory and statistics. Dover, New York 1968