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deficit in attention (e.g. the effortful aspect of cognitive processing) or inhibitory control (e.g. the inability to inhibit a prepotent response). Douglas also pushed for the use of rigorous, laboratory-based measures to identify specific deficits in the three self-regulatory components.
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components were attentional, inhibitory, and strategic or organizational. Douglas theorized that deficits in any one of these components might contribute to the difficulties experienced by individuals with ADHD.
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Douglas, V. I. (1972). Stop, look, and listen! The problem of sustained attention and impulse control in hyperactive and normal children.
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Douglas, V. I. (1999). Cognitive control processes in
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