Verbal intrusions precede memory decline in adults with Down syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Kittler, Phyllis ^a   Krinsky McHale, S J ^a   Devenny, D A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Down syndrome; Middle aged; Verbal intrusions; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PREMATURE AGING; RISK FACTOR; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBALIZATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645943032     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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