Genetically dissociated components of working memory: Evidence from Downs and Williams syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 637-651

  Jarrold, C ^a   Baddeley, A D ^a   Hewes, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0033013454     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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