Working memory and Down syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 925-931

  Baddeley, Allan ^a   Jarrold, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central executive; Down syndrome; Language acquisition; Phonological loop; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; SPEECH; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 35948966783     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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