Attention in Williams syndrome and Down's syndrome: Performance on the new early childhood attention battery

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-269

  Breckenridge, Kate ^a   Braddick, Oliver ^b   Anker, Shirley ^a   Woodhouse, Margaret ^c   Atkinson, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EQUIPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEARING; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDARD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER SCALES; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 84877673677     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12003     Document Type: Article

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