Verbal short-term memory deficits in Down syndrome: Phonological, semantic, or both?

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-25

  Lee, Nancy Raitano ^a,b   Pennington, Bruce F ^a   Keenan, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Phonology; Semantics; Verbal short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953348133     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-009-9029-4     Document Type: Article

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