Impaired tactual perception in children with Down's syndrome

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 312-316

  Brandt, Brita Ryde ^a  

^a Ctr of Child and Youth Habilitation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Tactual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; TOUCH;

CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH;

EID: 0030236653     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00663.x     Document Type: Article

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