ACORNS: A tool for the visualisation and modelling of atypical development

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 956-972

  Moore, D G ^a   George, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACORNS; Causal modelling; Developmental difficulties; Down's syndrome; Models of development; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBLE CAUSE OUTCOME REPRESENTATION AND NOTATION SYSTEM; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 80053213046     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01471.x     Document Type: Review

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