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1 online resource |
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Genetics--research and issues |
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Disability and the disabled |
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Genetics--research and issues series.
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Disability and the disabled.
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| Contents |
DOWN SYNDROME, BEYOND THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. PERSONS WITH THEIR OWN EMOTIONAL WORLD; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1: Down Syndrome: Beyond a Genetic Condition Linked to Intellectual Disability; Abstract; 1.1. Am I Equal or Different?; 1.2. Down Syndrome: Another Color in the Human Rainbow Spectrum; 1.3. A Different Genetic Path that Leads to the Same Place: A Human Being; 1.4. Down Syndrome Phenotype: Unique, Equal, or Special?; 1.5. Recapping Some Ideas; References |
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Chapter 2: Do Persons with Down Syndrome Have a Divergent Emotional Mind?Abstract; 2.1. Down Syndrome as a Window to Understand Human Emotional Nature; 2.2. The Emotional Nature of Human Beings: Basic Concepts; 2.3. Generalities on the Down Syndrome Emotional Phenotype: Emotional Beings by Nature or Nurture; 2.4. Final Words; References; Chapter 3: The Down Syndrome Affective Processing Style from a Facial Recognition Perspective; Abstract; 3.1. Global Remarks about Down Syndrome Brain Structure and a Possible Cognitive-Affective Processing Style |
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3.2. The Emotional Face from a Down Syndrome Point of View: Some Remarkable Scientific Findings3.3. Opening the Down Syndrome's Emotional Black Box with a Cognitive Key; 3.4. Final Words; References; Chapter 4: Envisioning an Amazing Emotional World: The Down Syndrome Case of Happiness, Love, Pain and Blame; Abstract; 4.1. Down Syndrome and Positive Emotion Human System; 4.2. Down Syndrome: A Happy Existence or Just an Illusion?; 4.3. The Down Syndrome Heart: Love; 4.4. Some Remarks about the Implications of People with DS' Emotion in Long Term Romantic Relationships |
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4.5. Down Syndrome and the Negative Emotion Human System4.6. Moral Emotion and Down Syndrome: Some Academic Remarks on Forgiveness and Blame; 4.7. A Brief Summary; References; Chapter 5: Future Directions in the Study of the Down Syndrome's Emotional World; Abstract; 5.1. General Remarks about Emotion Research Regarding People with Down Syndrome; 5.2. Future Possible Research Trends in Emotion and DS; 5.3. Telling the Story in a Nutshell; References; Appendix A; The Same Origin but Different Paths; References; Subject Index; Author Index |
| Summary |
Emotion is among the most relevant factors of human life, and it exerts a deep influence on all aspects of our lives and behavior. However, little is known about emotional processing or regulation and experience of emotions under an atypical human condition like Down syndrome (DS). This book represents an initial effort to integrate the most important findings regarding the study of emotion on DS from a cognitive point of view. The first part of this book is focused on general aspects of DS. Mainly, the human nature of persons with Down syndrome is highlighted beyond the intellectual disabilit |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Down syndrome.
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Personality and emotions.
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Down Syndrome
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Down syndrome
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Personality and emotions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
López Ramírez, Ernesto Octavio
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| LC no. |
2019714243 |
| ISBN |
9781626185906 |
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1626185905 |
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