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Brunamonti, Emiliano; Pani, Pierpaolo; Papazachariadis, Odysseas; Onorati, Paolo; Albertini, Giorgio; Ferraina, Stefano – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Inhibition of inappropriate responses allows to shape the motor behavior accordingly to the context in which a subject acts and is an essential executive function. Inhibition has been poorly investigated in Down Syndrome (DS) patients. We tested, using a countermanding task, the inhibitory control in a group of DS patients and in a group of…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Reaction Time, Down Syndrome, Inhibition
Lauster, Nathanael; Allan, Graham – University of British Columbia Press, 2011
Fertility rates have fallen dramatically around the world. In some countries, there are no longer enough children being born to replace adult populations. The disappearance of children is a matter of concern matched only by fears that childhood is becoming too structured or not structured enough, too short or too long, or just simply too different…
Descriptors: Investigations, Demography, Anthropology, Prediction
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Kliewer, Christopher; Biklen, Douglas – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: Culturally authoritative texts such as Text Revision of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual-IV [DSM-IV-TR](American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2004) describe literate impossibility for individuals with disability labels associated with severe developmental disabilities. Our qualitative research challenges the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Qualitative Research, Indigenous Knowledge, Citizenship