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    • Candidate gene variant effects on language disorders in Robinson Crusoe Island 
      Mountford, Hayley S.; Villanueva, Pía; Fernández, María Angélica; Barbieri, Zulema De; Cazier, Jean Baptiste; Newbury, Dianne F. (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2019)
      Background: Robinson Crusoe Island is a geographically and socially isolated settlement located over 600 km west of the Port of Valparíso, Chile. An unusually high incidence (30%) of the Chilean equivalent of developmental ...
    • Dental morphological markers as a proxy for ethnicity in Robinson Crusoe islanders Marcadores morfológicos ... 
      Villanueva, Pía; Quevedo, Mónica; Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de,; Piñeiro, Soledad; Herrero, Carolina; Fernández, María Angélica; Palomino Montenegro, Hernán (Universidad de la Frontera, 2015)
      © 2015, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved. Chilean Robinson Crusoe Island is a semi-isolated location with unusually high rates of both consanguinity and language disorder. The current population of 633 ...
    • Family aggregation of language impairment in an isolated chilean population from Robinson Crusoe island 
      Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de,; Fernández, María Angélica; Newbury, Dianne F.; Villanueva, P. (Wiley, 2018-06)
      BackgroundIt has been reported that the inhabitants of the Chilean Robinson Crusoe Island have an increased frequency of specific language impairment (SLI) or developmental language disorder (DLD). AimsTo explore the ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of genetic susceptibility to language impairment in an isolated Chilean population 
      Villanueva, Pia; Newbury, Dianne F.; Jara, Lilian; Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de,; Mirza, Ghazala; Palamino, Hernán M.; Fernández, María Angélica; Cazier, Jean Baptiste; Monaco, Anthony P.; Palomino, Hernán (2011)
      Specific language impairment (SLI) is an unexpected deficit in the acquisition of language skills and affects between 5 and 8% of pre-school children. Despite its prevalence and high heritability, our understanding of the ...
    • The effects of reading and language intervention on literacy skills in children in a remote community: An ... 
      Mesa, Carol; Newbury, Dianne F.; Nash, Marysia; Clarke, Paula; Espósito, Rosanne; Elliott, Louise; De Barbieri, Zulema; Fernández, María Angélica; Villanueva Bianchini, Pía; Hulme, Charles; Snowling, Margaret J. (Elsevier, 2020)
      This study explored the effects of a 27-week reading and language intervention, for low-income children living in a remote Chilean community, using a randomized controlled trial. At the end of the intervention, children ...