Visual and spatial working memory dissociation: Evidence from Williams syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-273

  Vicari, Stefano ^a   Bellucci, Samantha ^a   Carlesimo, Giovanni Augusto ^b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE MODEL; DRAWING; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

AMNESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0037379306     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203000513     Document Type: Article

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