Working memory impairment in people with Williams syndrome: Effects of delay, task and stimuli

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-503

  O'Hearn, Kirsten ^a   Courtney, Susan ^b   Street, Whitney ^b   Landau, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Developmental disorder; Dorsal stream; Frontoparietal; Parietal lobe; Spatial representation; Visuospatial; Williams syndrome; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849086173     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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