Fears, hyperacusis and musicality in Williams syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 668-680

  Blomberg, Stefan ^a   Rosander, Michael ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Gender differences; Hyperacusis; Musicality; Psychopathology; Vulnerability; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSIC; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; MALE; MUSIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 33749251818     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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