Executive functions in individuals with intellectual disability

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1299-1304

  Danielsson, Henrik ^a,b   Henry, Lucy ^c   Rönnberg, Jerker ^a,b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^d,e  

^a Linköping University   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Executive functions; Inhibition; Intellectual disability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957152359     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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