Atypical semantic knowledge and autobiographical memory disorder in a young adult with Downs syndrome

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-396

  Robinson, Sally J ^a   Temple, Christine M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Case study; Development; Downs syndrome; Knowledge; Lexicon; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHONEME; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956974741     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554791003620280     Document Type: Article

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