On the Concept of Comparison in Mentally Retarded and Nonretarded Children

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-337

  Natsopoulos, Dimitris ^a,b   Stavroussi, Panayota ^a   Alevriadou, Anastasia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0032066260     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023250720959     Document Type: Article

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