Differences in native and foreign language repetition tasks between subjects with William's and Down's syndromes

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Fabbro, F ^a   Alberti, B ^a   Gagliardi, C ^a   Borgatti, R ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Genetic language disorders; Mental retardation; Repetition tasks; Unfamiliar foreign languages; William's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036461292     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0911-6044(00)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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