Environmental and genetic influences on neurocognitive development: The importance of multiple methodologies and time-dependent intervention

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 628-637

  Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Casey, B J ^b   Massand, Esha ^a   Tomalski, Przemyslaw ^c   Thomas, Michael S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Developmental disorders; Environmental effects; Genetics; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905698181     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614521188     Document Type: Article

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