Evidence is reviewed for a developmentally‐emerging behavioral phenotype in individuals
with Down syndrome that includes significant delay in nonverbal cognitive development …

Although there is considerable variability, most individuals with Down syndrome have
mental retardation and speech and language deficits, particularly in language production …

On average, language and communication characteristics of individuals with Down
syndrome (the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability) follow a consistent …

Das Buch bietet einen Überblick über die Beschreibung, Erklärung, Diagnostik, Therapie
und Prävention von Störungen der Sprachentwicklung. Die überarbeitete Auflage …

This paper investigated the predictive ability of expressive vocabulary size and lexical
composition at age 2 on later language and literacy skills from ages 3 through 11 …

Parent report data on early language development measured using the MacArthur
Communicative Development Inventory (CDI–Infant Form) was collected on 134 preschool …

In this timely and comprehensive text, Cesare Cornoldi and Tomaso Vecchi describe their
recently developed experimental approach to the investigation of visuo-spatial cognition …

The aim of this article is to provide clinicians and researchers a comprehensive overview of
the development and functions of gesture in childhood and in select populations with …

The MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI; Dale, 1996; Fenson et
al., 1994), parent reports about language skills, are being used increasingly in studies of …

Previous studies have reported a specific behavioral phenotype, or a distinct profile of
behavioral outcomes, associated with Down syndrome. Until recently, however, there has …