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Repetition priming in adults with Williams syndrome: age-related dissociation between implicit and explicit memory.
American journal of mental retardation : AJMR - 1 Nov 2005
Krinsky-McHale Sharon J, Kittler Phyllis, Brown W Ted, Jenkins Edmund C, Devenny Darlynne A
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We examined implicit and explicit memory in adults with Williams syndrome. An age-related dissociation was found; repetition priming (reflecting implicit memory) did not show change with age, but free recall (reflecting explicit memory) was markedly reduced. We also compared the performance of adults with Williams syndrome to adults with Down syndrome and those with unspecified mental retardation. A similar...
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