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Abstract
This article presents the cognitive profile observed in children with one of several common genetic syndromes associated with "nonverbal learning disorders." It introduces the concept of a cognitive endophenotype to help explain the similar pattern of impairments across the syndromes. It explores the explanation of diverse impairments in higher-order visual, spatial, temporal, numerical, and executive cognitive competencies deriving from origins in more basic attentional and spatial cognitive dysfunctions. The importance of a developmental approach to understanding dysfunction is stressed.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17562581 PMCID: PMC2435488 DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2007.03.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am ISSN: 1056-4993