Tracing syndrome-specific trajectories of attention across the lifespan

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 672-685

  Cornish, Kim ^a   Scerif, Gaia ^b   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional processes; Cross syndrome comparisons; Developmental disorders; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 34547581536     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70497-0     Document Type: Article

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