Voluntary orienting among children and adolescents with down syndrome and MA-matched typically developing children

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Goldman, Karen J ^a   Flanagan, Tara ^b   Shulman, Cory ^c   Enns, James T ^d   Burack, Jacob A ^b  

^a The David Yellin College of Education   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRISOMY 21; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLITION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 17644412897     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110<157:VOACAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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