Are jigsaw puzzle skills 'spared' in persons with Prader-Willi syndrome?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 343-352

  Dykens, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phenotypes; Mental retardation; Prader Willi Syndrome; Visuo spatial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; OBESITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PREDICTION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; CHROMOSOME 15; COGNITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042242603     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00025     Document Type: Article

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