Visual motion processing deficits in infants with the fragile X premutation

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gallego, Pamela K ^a   Burris, Jessica L ^a   Rivera, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast detection; Fragile X syndrome; Premutation; Visual processing deficits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84957957322     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-6-29     Document Type: Article

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