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State of the Art of Research on Down Syndrome
Language: English
Subject for State of the Art of Research on Down Syndrome:
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Attentional control; Behavioral phenotype; Central executive; Cognitive abilities; Cognitive assessment; Cognitive development; Cognitive profile; Cognitive skills; Decoding; Developmental cascades; Developmental trajectories; Down syndrome; Environment descriptions; Genomics; Group differences; Human chromosome 21Partial trisomy 21Down syndrome critical region; Human genetics; Infancy; Inter-individual variability; Landmarks; Linguistic skills; Motor assessment; Motor development; Moves in real settings; Navigation; Number sense; Number skills; Phonological loop; Reading comprehension; Shortcut; Training; Trisomy 21Down syndrome; Verbal working memory; Visuo-spatial sketchpad; Visuo-spatial working memory; Wayfinding
306 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
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State of the Art of Research on Down Syndrome, Volume 56, the latest release in theInternational Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on the Genetics and Genomics of Down Syndrome, Motor Development and Down Syndrome, Cognitive Profiles in Individuals with Down syndrome, Working Memory and Down syndrome, Environment Learning in Individuals with Down syndrome, Reading for Comprehension: The Contribution of Decoding, Linguistic and Cognitive Skills, Number Sense in Down syndrome, Early Starting States in Infants with Down Syndrome: Implications for Research and Practice, and more.
1. Genetics and genomics of Down syndrome Pierluigi Strippoli, Maria Chiara Pelleri, Allison Piovesan, Maria Caracausi, Francesca Antonaros, and Lorenza Vitale 2. Infant foundations in Down syndrome: early constraints on cognitive skill acquisition Deborah J. Fidler, Amy W. Needham, and Emily Schworer 3. Cognitive profiles in individuals with Down syndrome Francesca Pulina, Renzo Vianello, and Silvia Lanfranchi 4. The working memory of individuals with Down syndrome Elizabeth Doerr, Barbara Carretti, and Silvia Lanfranchi 5. Environment learning in individuals with Down syndrome Chiara Meneghetti, Enrico Toffalini, Barbara Carretti, and Silvia Lanfranchi 6. Motor development and Down syndrome Marianna Alesi and Giuseppe Battaglia 7. Reading for comprehension: the contribution of decoding, linguistic and cognitive skills Maja Roch, Laura Mattera, and Eleonora Simion 8. Mathematical abilities in Down syndrome Sara Onnivello, Silvia Lanfranchi, and Marco Zorzi
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