THE ROLE OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN SOCIAL COGNITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME: RELATIONSHIP PATTERNS
Many studies show a link between social cognition, a set of cognitive and emotional abilities applied to social situations, and executive functions in typical developing children. Children with Down syndrome (DS) show deficits both in social cognition and in some subcomponents of executive functions...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01363/full |