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Brain Function in Problem Children and Controls: Psychometric, Neurological, and Electroencephalographic Comparisons

ABRAHAM WIKLER, JOAN F. DIXON, and JOSEPH B. PARKER, JR.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.5.634

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Psychometric, neurological, and EEG studies were made of 24 children with scholastic-behavioral problems but no classical evidence of neurological disease and of 24 matched controls. Differences between the two groups were significant in all three measures, giving evidence of brain dysfunction in the groups with scholastic-behavioral problems. Two subgroups—hyperactive and nonhyperactive—each with characteristics suggesting a different syndrome, are described.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 5 • November 1970

Pages: 634 - 645

PubMed: 5491539

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Published in print: November 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ABRAHAM WIKLER

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JOAN F. DIXON

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JOSEPH B. PARKER, JR.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 202 Junipero Serra Blvd., Stanford, Calif. 94305

Associate professor, department of psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Professor, department of psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N. C.

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Brain Function in Problem Children and Controls: Psychometric, Neurological, and Electroencephalographic Comparisons

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