Receptive prosody in adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-271

  Skwerer, Daniela Plesa ^a   Schofield, Casey ^b   Verbalis, Alyssa ^c   Faja, Susan ^d   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEECH; STRESS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 33847651696     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960600632671     Document Type: Article

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