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Kittler, Phyllis M.; Krinsky-McHale, Sharon J.; Devenny, Darlynne A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2008
Behavioral phenotypes of individuals with Williams syndrome and individuals with Down syndrome have been contrasted in relation to short-term memory. People with Down syndrome are stronger visuospatially and those with Williams syndrome are stronger verbally. We examined short-term memory, then explored whether dual-task processing further…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Short Term Memory, Etiology, Mental Retardation
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Fidler, Deborah J.; Most, David E.; Guiberson, Mark M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In order to better understand the neuropsychological underpinnings of the relative strength in word identification in individuals with Down syndrome, the performance of children and adolescents with Down syndrome (N=29) was compared to the performance of a nonverbal-IQ matched group of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Adolescents, Visual Perception, Short Term Memory