Visuospatial construction

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1222-1229

  Mervis, Carolyn B ^a   Robinson, Byron F ^a   Pani, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME DELETION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033362020     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302633     Document Type: Article

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