Spatial deficits in children with Williams syndrome

U Bellugi, H Sabo, J Vaid - Spatial Cognition, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
between language and cognitive functions, and it is this unusual separation that first captured
our attention. In this chapter, we describe the severe spatial cognitivesimilarities across …

Cognitive abilities in Williams syndrome

D Miezah, M Porter, J Batchelor, K Boulton… - Research in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current study utilized a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery to investigate
cognitive abilities in a sample of 49 WS individuals (25 male) aged 6–39 years. Age effects …

Cognitive profile of young children with Williams syndrome

D Miezah, M Porter, A Rossi, C Kazzi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… tasks are matched on difficulty across different cognitive domains, allowing for direct comparison.
Otherwise comparisons between separately normed tests may represent differences in …

Mathematical development in Williams syndrome: A systematic review

J Van Herwegen, V Simms - Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2020 - Elsevier
… abilities in Williams syndrome (WS). … cross-syndrome comparisons were included but data
was only extracted for the WS group and control groups. One chapter published between the …

Autism and Williams syndrome: truly mirror conditions in the socio-cognitive domain?

A Niego, A Benítez-Burraco - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… the similarities and differences between the socio-cognitive deficits … Overall, we reveal an
intricate profile of similarities and … , might stem from difficulties in spatial cognition, at least in the …

Functional play in young children with autism and Williams syndrome: A cross-syndrome comparison

PAJ Fanning, L Sparaci, C Dissanayake… - Child …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… Often contrasted with ASD for their characteristic hypersociability, Williams syndrome (WS) …
deficits, impairments in pragmatic skills, language and atypical social interactions (Hocking et …

The foundations of mathematical development in Williams syndrome and Down syndrome

J Van Herwegen, E Ranzato… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… Studies in Down syndrome (DS) and Williams syndrome (WS) have … , direct comparisons
between WS and DS are rare and often use different tasks, making direct comparisons between

Tell me where it is: Selective difficulties in spatial language on the autism spectrum

A Bochynska, KR Coventry, V Vulchanov… - …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… of language and spatial cognition. Here we examine … of a severe spatial impairment, as in
Williams syndrome, the … -emerging abilities in spatial language and show parallels with other …

Concurrent predictors of word reading and reading comprehension for 9-year-olds with Williams syndrome

CB Mervis, C Greiner de Magalhaes… - Reading and …, 2022 - Springer
… We examined the cognitive, language, and instructional factors associated with reading
ability in Williams syndrome (WS). Seventy 9-year-olds with WS completed standardized …

Neural correlates of causal inferences and semantic priming in people with Williams syndrome: An fMRI study

CF Hsu - Journal of Intellectual Disability-Diagnosis and …, 2020 - lifescienceglobalca.com
This study aimed at examining the ability of causal inferences and semantic priming of people
with Williams syndrome (WS). Previous studies pointed out that people with WS showed …