Visuo-spatial ability in individuals with Down syndrome: Is it really a strength?

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1473-1500

  Yang, Yingying ^a   Conners, Frances A ^a   Merrill, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Closure; Down syndrome; Mental rotation; Review; Spatial memory; Visuo spatial ability; Visuo spatial construction; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; RECALL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; AGNOSIA; APTITUDE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGNOSIA; APTITUDE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SERIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84898995539     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.04.002     Document Type: Review

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