Second-order belief attribution in Williams syndrome: Intact or impaired?

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 523-532

  Sullivan, Kate ^a   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PROBLEM SOLVING; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0033220296     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0523:SBAIWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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