Executive function in Williams and Down syndromes

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-55

  Carney, Daniel P J ^a   Brown, Janice H ^a   Henry, Lucy A ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Executive function; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; REACTIVE INHIBITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 84865521807     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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