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The neurobiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a model of the neurobiology of personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Bonnie J. Kaplan
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, and Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T 5C7 kaplan@ucalgary.ca www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/SS/CPSY/

Abstract

The Depue & Collins model is intended to explain a normal human personality trait: extraversion. In contrast, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is generally considered to be a type of psychopathology not found in so-called normals; however, the clinical and neurobiological research done on ADHD seems to amplify and support Depue & Collins's model.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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