Working memory in children with Down syndrome
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Working memory in children and adolescents with Down syndrome: evidence from a colour memory experiment.
BACKGROUND This paper reports information on the visual and verbal short-term memory of individuals with Down syndrome. METHODS Colour memory in 16 children and adolescents with Down syndrome was compared with that of 16 typically developing children matched for receptive vocabulary. It was suggested that focal colours should be remembered more successfully than non-focal colours on the basis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Down Syndrome Research and Practice
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0968-7912,1753-7606
DOI: 10.3104/reports.44