Comprehension of spatial language in Williams syndrome: Evidence for impaired spatial representation of verbal descriptions

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 689-704

  Laing, Emma ^a   Jarrold, Christopher ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Spatial language; Spatial representations; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 34548085685     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701541441     Document Type: Article

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