Double dissociations in developmental disorders? Theoretically misconceived, empirically dubious

Cortex

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-163

  Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Scerif, Gaia ^a   Ansari, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0037326296     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70091-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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