Sentence memory of individuals with Down's syndrome and typically developing children

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-171

  Seung, Hye Kyeung ^a   Chapman, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Language production deficit; Phonological loop; Sentence memory; Speaking rate; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY DISORDER; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANFORD-BINET TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1242297528     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2004.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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