Executive functions in individuals with intellectual disability
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Executive functions in individuals with intellectual disability.
The aim of the present study was to investigate executive functions in adults with intellectual disability, and compare them to a closely matched control group longitudinally for 5 years. In the Betula database, a group of adults with intellectual disability (ID, n=46) was defined from measures of verbal and non-verbal IQ. A control group, with two people for every person with intellectual disa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Research in Developmental Disabilities
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0891-4222
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.07.012