Effects of increasing task load on memory impairment in adults with Down syndrome

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Oliver, Chris ^a   Holland, Tony ^b   Hall, Scott ^c   Crayton, Lissa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGNOSIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 25444509794     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[339:EOITLO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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