Virginia Douglas
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Virginia I. Douglas was a Canadian psychologist. She was a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, noted for her contributions to the study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder . Biography Douglas was born in London, Ontario to a Scottish family. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Queen's University in 1948. Douglas then attended the University of Michigan, where she completed two master's degrees: one in social work and the other in psychology . She earned her PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1958.
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- Stop, look and listen: The problem of sustained attention and impulse control in hyperactive and normal children. (1972) (684)
- Mean response times, variability, and skew in the responding of ADHD children: a response time distributional approach. (2000) (571)
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the frontal lobe syndrome (1992) (394)
- Toward a Clearer Definition of the Attentional Deficit of Hyperactive Children (1979) (342)
- Studies on the Hyperactive Child: VIII. Five-Year Follow-up (1971) (325)
- Cognitive Control Processes in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (1999) (241)
- Effects of reward and response costs on inhibition in ADHD children. (1995) (221)
- Assessment of a cognitive training program for hyperactive children (1976) (221)
- STUDIES ON THE HYPERACTIVE CHILD (1966) (178)
- Effects of reward and nonreward on frustration and attention in attention deficit disorder (1994) (174)
- Short term effects of methylphenidate on the cognitive, learning and academic performance of children with attention deficit disorder in the laboratory and the classroom. (1986) (159)
- Executive Functions and Methylphenidate Response in Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (2005) (148)
- Effects of reward on delayed reaction time task performance of hyperactive children (1983) (143)
- The effects of reward and punishment on reaction times and autonomic activity in hyperactive and normal children (1975) (137)
- Dosage effects and individual responsivity to methylphenidate in attention deficit disorder. (1988) (133)
- Concept learning in hyperactive and normal children. (1969) (125)
- The Hyperactive Child in Elementary School: A 5 Year, Controlled, Followup (1971) (124)
- Supraspan verbal memory in attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity normal and reading-disabled boys (1990) (101)
- Effects of methylphenidate on complex cognitive processing in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. (1999) (101)
- Do high doses of stimulants impair flexible thinking in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder? (1995) (99)
- Study strategies and story recall in attention deficit disorder and reading disability (1991) (96)
- Effects of reinforcement on concept identification in hyperactive children (1983) (86)
- Comparison of the effects of chlorpromazine, dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate on the behaviour and intellectual functioning of hyperactive children. (1971) (83)
- Studies on the hyperactive child. V. The effects of dextroamphetamine and chlorpromazine on behaviour and intellectual functioning. (1968) (76)
- Problem solving in hyperactive, normal, and reading-disabled boys (1982) (70)
- Cognitive styles and responses to the threat of frustration. (1972) (67)
- Short-term serial recall in ADDH, normal, and reading-disabled boys (1988) (56)
- Chapter 9 – CAN SKINNERIAN THEORY EXPLAIN ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER? — A REPLY TO BARKLEY (1989) (55)
- Studies on the Hyperactive Child I: Some Preliminary Findings (1964) (53)
- Cognitive Deficits in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Long-Term Follow-Up. (2005) (51)
- Intellectual loss in schizophrenia: Part II. (1962) (48)
- “Automatization” and Oral Reading Problems in Children (1971) (42)
- Are Drugs Enough? – To Treat or to Train the Hyperactive Child (1975) (42)
- Moral judgments, behaviour and cognitive style in young children. (1973) (41)
- Rehearsal strategies and recall performance in boys with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (1996) (34)
- Hyperactivity and Physical Anomalies (1976) (33)
- The effect of methylphenidate on attentive behavior and autonomic activity in hyperactive children (2004) (27)
- Studies on the hyperactive child. 3. The effect of chlorpromazine upon behavior and learning ability. (1966) (27)
- Effect of Reinforcement on Facial Responsivity and Persistence in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (1998) (27)
- CHILDREN'S RESPONSES TO FRUSTRATION: A DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY. (1965) (24)
- The effect of methylphenidate (Ritalin) on sustained attention in hyperactive children (2004) (23)
- The Effects of Caffeine on Hyperactive Children (1978) (21)
- Studies on the hyperactive child. 8. Five-year follow-up. (1971) (19)
- Effects of training on the moral judgement of young children. (1973) (18)
- The effects of verbal and material rewards and punishers on the performance of impulsive and reflective children. (1977) (17)
- Separable/integral classification by hyperactive and normal children (1993) (14)
- Intellectual loss in schizophrenia. I. (1962) (9)
- The effect of chlorpromazine on concept learning in hyperactive children under two conditions of reinforcement (2004) (4)
- A statement by the Canadian Psychological Association on the report of the Royal Commission on Health Services. (1966) (4)
- Intellectual loss in schizophrenia. II. (1962) (2)
- Developmental changes in the attribution of blame. (1971) (2)
- Courage and Caveats. (2002) (1)
- A Philosophy of Casework. (1959) (1)
- Too many non sequiturs. (1973) (0)
- Government responsibility in the mental health field: A survey of opinions of members of CPA. (1963) (0)
- Students' attitudes toward formal requirements in graduate training. (1961) (0)
- Psychology and the royal commission on health services. (1961) (0)
- Advising Parents and Teachers. (1975) (0)
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