Elicited Verbal and Nonverbal Imitation in Down's Syndrome and Other Mentally Retarded Children: a Replication and Extension of Berry | Zendy

Jean-Adolphe Rondal | Zendy; JeanLuc Lambert | Zendy; C. Sohier | Zendy

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Elicited Verbal and Nonverbal Imitation in Down's Syndrome and Other Mentally Retarded Children: a Replication and Extension of Berry

Author(s) -

Jean-Adolphe Rondal,

JeanLuc Lambert,

C. Sohier

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

language and speech

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.713

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1756-6053

pISSN - 0023-8309

DOI - 10.1177/002383098102400304

Subject(s) - imitation , mentally retarded , psychology , nonverbal communication , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology

Several tasks of elicited verbal and gestural imitation were given to a sample of 38 Down's syndrome and other mentally retarded children. The data are presented and discussed in relation to previous work on elicited verbal imitation. They confirm the validity of elicited imitation as a tool for assessing language functioning in mentally retarded subjects. The data also illustrate the inferior capability of the Down's syndrome children to imitate verbally and gesturally when they are compared to other retardates of corresponding CA and IQ.

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