Effect of "missing" information on fast mapping by individuals with vocabulary limitations associated with intellectual disability

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Wilkinson, Krista ^a  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33846999852     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[40:EOMIOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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