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Peer reviewedDas, J. P.; Mishra, Rama K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1995
Comparison of cognitive processes in 23 individuals with Down's syndrome (DS) and 23 individuals of comparable mental handicap without Down's syndrome found that older (above 40 years) DS subjects had significantly poorer outcomes. The areas of speech rate, number finding, and expressive attention appeared to show the earliest signs of dementia of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Alzheimers Disease
