Affect, social behavior, and the brain in Williams syndrome

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Bellugi, Ursula ^a   Järvinen Pasley, Anna ^a   Doyle, Teresa F ^a   Reilly, Judy ^b,c   Reiss, Allan L ^d   Korenberg, Julie R ^e  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Genotype phenotype correlations; Language; Sociability; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247178549     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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