Text comprehension in Down syndrome: The role of lower and higher level abilities

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-300

  Chiara Levorato, M ^a   Roch, Maja ^a   Beltrame, Rossella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contextual facilitation; Down syndrome; Higher level abilities; Lower level abilities; Receptive vocabulary; Sentence comprehension; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; COGNITION; LANGUAGE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67650228024     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200802673259     Document Type: Article

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