Electrophysiological correlates of semantic processing in Williams syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1412-1425

  Pinheiro, Ana P ^a   Galdo Álvarez, Santiago ^b   Sampaio, Adriana ^a   Niznikiewicz, Margaret ^c   Gonçalves, Óscar F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Language; Neurodevelopment; Semantic processing; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957152361     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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