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Peer reviewedBrock, Jon; Jarrold, Christopher – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2004
Down syndrome is associated with severe deficits in language and verbal short-term memory, but the causal relationship between these deficits is unclear. The current study therefore investigated the influence of language abilities on verbal short-term memory performance in Down syndrome. Twenty-one individuals with Down syndrome and 29 younger…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Short Term Memory, Memorization, Language Aptitude
