An investigation of autonomic arousal and attentional mechanisms in children with ADHD and Autism

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An investigation of autonomic arousal and attentional mechanisms in children with ADHD and Autism

The present doctoral project was aimed at investigating the impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) on measures of physiological arousal, alerting/vigilance, attention orienting and executive functions. 106 children between 7 and 15 years of age (...

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Main Author:	Bellato, Alessio
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	ADHD; Autism; attention; arousal; developmental psychology; cognitive neuroscience
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60629/

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