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Williams syndrome.

Williams syndrome

Williams syndrome...people with intact language, intact face processing and very low IQ, right? Wrong! That’s the propagated myth because, if it were true, it would be such an elegant example of innate modularity at the genetic, brain and cognitive levels. But numerous labs across the world have shown that although vocabulary levels can be surprisingly high in Williams syndrome children, they a...

Texture segmentation and Williams syndrome 1 RUNNING HEAD: Texture segmentation and Williams syndrome Texture Segmentation in Williams Syndrome

Texture segmentation and Williams syndrome 2 Abstract Williams syndrome (WS) is a developmental disorder in which visuo-spatial cognition is poor relative to verbal ability. At the level of visuo-spatial perception, individuals with WS can perceive both the local and global aspects of an image. However, the manner in which local elements are integrated into a global whole is atypical, with rela...

The iris in Williams syndrome.

Forty three children with Williams syndrome and 124 control subjects had their eyes photographed. The photographs were examined by three ophthalmologists and four geneticists of varying experience. A stellate pattern was noted more often in the irides of patients with Williams syndrome (51%) than in those of the control subjects (12%), and was more difficult to detect, or was absent, in heavily...

Cognitive heterogeneity in Williams syndrome.

This study used the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability-Revised to investigate a wide range of cognitive abilities in people with Williams syndrome (WS). It involved a comparatively large sample of 31 people with WS, but took a case-series approach. The study addressed the widespread claims of a characteristic "WS cognitive profile" by looking for heterogeneity rather than homogeneity. ...