Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder that results in severe visual-spatial
cognitive deficits coupled with relative sparing in language, face recognition, and certain …

Previous research has demonstrated an asymmetry between Sources and Goals in people's
linguistic and non-linguistic encoding of motion events: when describing events such as a …

Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) show a specific deficit in visuo‐spatial abilities.
This finding, however, derives mainly from performance on small‐scale laboratory‐based …

Objective: Language abilities in adulthood remain relatively intact with increasing age, while
spatial abilities decline. However, much less is known about ageing effects on spatial …

We propose a neural dynamic model that specifies how low-level visual processes can be
integrated with higher level cognition to achieve flexible spatial language behaviors. This …

Being able to represent and remember verbally-encoded information about spatial
environments from different perspectives is important for numerous daily activities. The …

Recent evidence suggests that spatial language in preschool positively affects the
development of verbal number skills, as indexed by aggregated performances on counting …

The relationship between emergent spatial understanding in different cognitive domains,
including navigation and language, has rarely been studied using methods that allow for the …

Proficient use of spatial terms such as under, to the left of or in front of is a central component
of daily communication and is important in the development of language and spatial …

This paper reviews a series of studies performed to assess the musical abilities and
behaviors of individuals with Williams syndrome, a neurogenetic developmental disorder, in …