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title: "Emerging Research :: The Kennedy Willis Center | Education, Resources, & Research Supporting Individuals with Down Syndrome"
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## Emerging Research

[Evaluation of the National Task Group-Early Detection Screen for Dementia: Sensitivity to ‘mild cognitive impairment’ in adults with Down syndrome](https://otsegoacademy.org/component/edocman/silverman-et-al-2020/viewdocument/83)

[Obstructive sleep apnea in patients with Down syndrome: current perspectives](https://doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S154723)

[The Effect of Exercise on Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Down Syndrome](http://jpedres.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/the-effect-of-exercise-on-bone-mineral-density-in-/19515)

[Health comorbidities and cognitive abilities across the lifespan in Down syndrome](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11689-019-9306-9)

[Having a Brother or Sister with Down Syndrome: Perspectives from Siblings](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348944/)

[Investigating Humor in Social Interaction in People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the Literature](https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01745)

[How Individuals With Down Syndrome Process Faces and Words Conveying Emotions](https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00692)

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