Humour appreciation and comprehension in children with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 525-537

  Degabriele, James ^a   Walsh, Irene P ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Child development; Gesture; Humour; Humour appreciation; Humour comprehension; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

CARTOONS AS TOPIC; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; VIDEO RECORDING; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953986743     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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