Mathematical skills in williams syndrome: Insight into the importance of underlying representations

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-20

  O'Hearn, Kirsten ^a,b   Luna, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disorder; Magnitude representation; Mathematics; Number; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GRAY MATTER; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MATURITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 64549133837     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.47     Document Type: Review

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