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Child Neuropsychology
A Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence
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Original Articles

Environmental sound recognition by timbre in children with Williams syndrome

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Pages 90-105 | Received 16 Jul 2013, Accepted 12 Dec 2013, Published online: 16 Jan 2014

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