Linguistic dissociations in Williams syndrome: Evaluating receptive syntax in on-line and off line tasks

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-351

  Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a,e   Tyler, Lorraine K ^b   Voice, Kate ^b   Sims, Kerry ^a   Udwin, Orlee ^c   Howlin, Patricia ^d   Davies, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic disorder; Impaired syntax; On line off line tasks; Preserved syntax; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 17044458722     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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