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De Moura, Maria Clara Drummond Soares; do Valle, Luiz Eduardo Ribeiro; Resende, Maria Bernadete Dutra; Pinto, Katia Osternack – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: The cognitive deficits present in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are not yet well characterized. Attention, considered to be the brain mechanism responsible for the selection of sensory stimuli, could be disturbed in DMD, contributing, at least partially, to the observed global cognitive deficit. The aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Etiology, Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Spatial Ability
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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