Social cognition in children with Down's syndrome: Challenges to research and theory building

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-134

  Cebula, K R ^a   Moore, D G ^b   Wishart, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural phenotype; Developmental theory; Down's syndrome; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MEMORY DISORDER; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 74949109676     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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