Are the deficits in navigational abilities present in the Williams syndrome related to deficits in the backward inhibition?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Foti, Francesca ^a,b   Sdoia, Stefano ^a   Menghini, Deny ^c   Mandolesi, Laura ^b,d   Vicari, Stefano ^c   Ferlazzo, Fabio ^a   Petrosini, Laura ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Executive function; Spatial ability; Spatial navigation; Verbal task switching; Visuospatial task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926650084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00287     Document Type: Article

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