Verbal and visuospatial working memory deficits in children with Down syndrome

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Lanfranchi, Silvia ^a   Cornoldi, Cesare ^a   Vianello, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 19644388489     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2004)109<456:VAVWMD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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