Impaired geometric reorientation caused by genetic defect

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2813-2817

  Lakusta, Laura ^a   Dessalegn, Banchiamlack ^b   Landau, Barbara ^c  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric processing; Navigation; Neural specificity; Spatial representations; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GEOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TODDLER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

RATTUS;

EID: 77649253044     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909155107     Document Type: Article

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