Reading the windows to the soul: Evidence of domain-specific sparing in Williams syndrome

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 631-639

  Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a,c   Boshart, Jenea ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; COGNITION; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0031731293     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892998563031     Document Type: Article

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