The extent of working memory deficits associated with Williams syndrome: Exploration of verbal and spatial domains and executively controlled processes

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-214

  Rhodes, Sinéad M ^a   Riby, Deborah M ^b   Fraser, Emma ^c   Campbell, Lorna Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive function; Language; Spatial; Verbal; Williams syndrome; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 80054058232     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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