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The psychobiology of down syndrome / edited by Lynn Nadel.

This book covers recent research with neurobiological and cognitive features of Down syndrome. This book covers recent research with neurobiological and cognitive features of Down syndrome. There has been notable progress in understanding the psychobiological concomitants of Down syndrome. New data...

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Online Access: Full Text (via MIT Press)
Other Authors: Nadel, Lynn (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2000.
Series:Issues in the biology of language and cognition.
Subjects:
Down syndrome > Congresses.
Down syndrome > Patients > Language > Congresses.
Psychobiology > Congresses.
Down syndrome > Patients > Longitudinal studies > Congresses.
Down syndrome.
Psychobiology.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One
  • Early Learning in Infants and young Children with Down Syndrome
  • Qualitative Differences in the way Down Syndrome and Normal Children Solve a Novel Counting Problem
  • Early Lexical Development: Theory and Application
  • The Emergence of Language Skills in Young Children with Down Syndrome
  • The Developmental Asynchrony of Language Development in Children with Down Syndrome
  • Visual and Auditory Processing in Children with Down Syndrome
  • Determinants or Rate of Language Growth in Children with DS.
  • Using Computers to Teach Children with Down Syndrome Spoken and Written Language Skills
  • Part Two
  • Neuropathology of Down Syndrome
  • Physioanatomical Considerations in Down Syndrome
  • Neurological and Psychological Status of Individuals with Down Syndrome
  • The Relationship Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Citations
  • Authors
  • Index.

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