Verbal and nonverbal abilities in the Williams syndrome phenotype: Evidence for diverging developmental trajectories

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-523

  Jarrold, Christopher ^a   Baddeley, Alan D ^b   Hewes, Alexa K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Language; Visuospatial functioning; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0031895069     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098002443     Document Type: Article

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