Visuospatial support for verbal short-term memory in individuals with Down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1918-1923

  Duarte, Cintia Perez ^a   Covre, Priscila ^b   Braga, Ana Claudia ^a   de Macedo, Elizeu Coutinho ^a  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Short term memory; Verbal; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79958261764     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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