How do individuals with Williams syndrome learn a route in a real-world environment?

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 454-468

  Farran, Emily K ^a   Blades, Mark ^b   Boucher, Jill ^c   Tranter, Lesley J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 77952737086     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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