Dethroning the myth: Cognitive dissociations and innate modularity in Williams syndrome

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 227-242

  Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Brown, Janice H ^a   Grice, Sarah ^a   Paterson, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0037253503     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn231&2_10     Document Type: Review

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