Interhemispheric transmission time in persons with Down syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 972-981

  Heath, Matthew ^a   Grierson, L ^b   Binsted, G ^c   Elliott, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Down syndrome; Interhemispheric; Intrahemispheric; Poffenberger paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 35948974729     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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