A strategy for screening memory functions in individuals with mental retardation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-325

  McDaniel, William F ^a   Foster, Robert A ^a   Compton, David M ^a   Courtney, Audrey S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031879648     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(98)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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