Visuospatial cognition in Williams syndrome: Reviewing and accounting for the strengths and weaknesses in performance

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 173-200

  Farran, Emily K ^a,b   Jarrold, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRAWING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0037251456     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn231&2_8     Document Type: Review

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