Preschoolers with Down syndrome do not yet show the learning and memory impairments seen in adults with Down syndrome

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 404-419

  Roberts, Lynette V ^a   Richmond, Jenny L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927726391     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12225     Document Type: Article

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